Movies Like Howard’s Mill (2021)

Howard’s Mill is a 2021 crime, horror, mystery film from Shannon Houchins with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Troll Hunter and Butterfly Kisses.

Crime Horror Mystery

Troll Hunter

2010

A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.

6.7

MagicScore

Butterfly Kisses

2018

A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. As he sets out to prove this story is real and release it as a work of his own, he loses himself and the film crew following him into his project.

5.8

MagicScore

Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva

2023

In 2018 a string of tragedies unfold in the high desert of North Eastern Nevada. A woman was found dead and another would vanish along the same stretch of remote highway. Could these events be linked to the infamous 2017 disappearance of outdoorsman Gary Hinge?

5.4

MagicScore

Noctem

2017

Adrian and Esteban have been missing for a year. The police are at a standstill, despite having found their personal belongings in Cozumel, an island 12 miles away from the Riviera Maya. Alex friend of both, manages to get their cell phones, with which he will start his own parallel research. And he will discover that the truth is much more terrifying than you could imagine.

5.2

MagicScore

Searching

2018

After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.

7.6

MagicScore

File 253

2015

In 2013 a psychiatric clinic which served for more than 50 years caring for patients in Mexico City was demolished. A few months before its demolition, four young men came to investigate the clinic, determined to discover the truth about rumors of strange and paranormal events, recording everything with which they encounter. Today, the whereabouts of these four young men are unknown, remaining only fragments of their recordings.

6.0

MagicScore

The Empty Man

2020

On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.

6.2

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

Get Out

2017

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

7.6

MagicScore

#10

The Girl on the Train

2016

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

6.4

MagicScore

#11

Relic

2020

When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter rushes to the family's decaying home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.

6.1

MagicScore

#12

The Vanished

2020

A family vacation takes a terrifying turn when parents Paul and Wendy discover their young daughter has vanished without a trace. Stopping at nothing to find her, the search for the truth leads to a shocking revelation.

6.0

MagicScore

#13

Chasing Sleep

2001

A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.

6.0

MagicScore

#14

Gone Girl

2014

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

7.9

MagicScore

#15

The Vanishing

1988

Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation when they stop at a busy service station. Saskia is abducted in broad daylight and three years pass with no answers or closure surrounding her disappearance. Rex has nearly given up all hope when he suddenly begins receiving letters from her abductor.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

Time Trap

2018

A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

Come and Find Me

2016

When his girlfriend goes missing, David must track down her whereabouts after he realizes she's not who she was pretending to be.

5.6

MagicScore

#18

Cropsey

2009

Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.

6.0

MagicScore

#19

The Poughkeepsie Tapes

2007

When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.

6.6

MagicScore

#20

The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan

2018

An unedited memory card from a camera shows Leah Sullivan's school project about a cold case murder that doesn't seem to be so cold after all.

5.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Howard’s Mill?

The top films similar to Howard’s Mill by MovieMagicScore are Troll Hunter (6.7), Butterfly Kisses (5.8), Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva (5.4). Each shares crime/horror/mystery themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Howard’s Mill worth watching?

Howard’s Mill holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 21 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Howard’s Mill?

Howard’s Mill (2021) is a crime, horror, mystery film directed by Shannon Houchins, starring Reegus Flenory, Josefina Boneo, Jeremy Childs.

Where can I find more recommendations like Howard’s Mill?

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About movies like Howard’s Mill

This ranked list pairs Howard’s Mill (2021), a crime and horror and mystery film from Shannon Houchins, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Reegus Flenory 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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