Movies Like Death Walks at Midnight (1972)

Death Walks at Midnight is a 1972 crime, horror, mystery, thriller film from Luciano Ercoli with a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with A Dragonfly for Each Corpse and Mad to Be Normal.

Crime Horror Mystery Thriller

A Dragonfly for Each Corpse

1975

A killer is cleaning up the streets of Milan by murdering those considered as deviant. An ornamental dragonfly, soaked in the blood of the victim, is left on each body.

5.9

MagicScore

Mad to Be Normal

2017

The story of Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London in the 1960s.

5.9

MagicScore

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

1971

Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.

6.5

MagicScore

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2009

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece

7.5

MagicScore

Psychout for Murder

1969

Mario consigns his girlfriend Licia to a whorehouse for an evening in order to get the photographic goods to blackmail her father with. To get her out of the way, Licia is then consigned to a mental hospital by her father.

6.1

MagicScore

Splatter University

1984

A sociology instructor finds her new teaching duties at a private college interrupted by the presence of a killer.

4.2

MagicScore

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987

A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

6.7

MagicScore

Scream Bloody Murder

1973

A disturbed boy kills his father with his farm tractor and his arm is mangled in the process. He's taken to a mental hospital where he's outfitted with a hook to replace his lost hand and, years later, he's eventually released from the asylum. He returns home to find his mother has remarried, which sets him off on a murderous rampage.

4.6

MagicScore

Offerings

1989

Ten years after he was pushed down a well, a young man kills off the neighborhood bullies who tormented him and leaves their body parts as presents for the one girl who was kind to him.

4.6

MagicScore

#10

The Card Player

2004

Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.

4.4

MagicScore

#11

Scream

1996

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

7.4

MagicScore

#12

Scream VI

2023

Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

The Cat o' Nine Tails

1971

A newsman works with a blind puzzle-solver to uncover a deadly conspiracy linked to a genetic research facility.

6.7

MagicScore

#14

Torso

1973

A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

Scream 7

2026

When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.

6.2

MagicScore

#16

The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave

1971

A rich, mentally-unstable man with a penchant for playing deadly S&M games with women who resemble his dead wife, sparks off a chain of bizarre events after getting remarried.

6.0

MagicScore

#17

Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll

1974

An ex-convict, troubled by dreams that he strangles women, is hired as the caretaker on an estate owned by three very strange sisters. Soon after his arrival, a serial killer begins slaughtering blonde, blue-eyed women - and leaving their eyeballs in a bowl of water.

5.7

MagicScore

#18

Eyeball

1975

A group of American tourists is traveling through Spain when two of them are murdered by a mysterious serial killer who removes an eyeball from every one of its victims. The tour presses on as the murders continue, with the travelers and the police trying to deduce which one of them is the killer.

5.7

MagicScore

#19

Murder-Rock: Dancing Death

1984

The world of dance can be brutal. The rehearsals are grueling. The competition is fierce. At the Arts for Living Centre in New York City, the best of the best are dying for a part in a major production. But only a select few will be chosen. The selection process seems to be at the hands of mysterious killer who pierces women's bare breasts with a hatpin, puncturing their hearts. Ambition and jealousy appear to be the motive, which makes everybody a suspect!

5.6

MagicScore

#20

Giallo in Venice

1979

Inspector Angelo De Paul is assigned to investigate a horrifying series of murders that have gripped Venice and left the authorities baffled.

5.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Death Walks at Midnight?

The top films similar to Death Walks at Midnight by MovieMagicScore are A Dragonfly for Each Corpse (5.9), Mad to Be Normal (5.9), A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (6.5). Each shares crime/horror/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Death Walks at Midnight worth watching?

Death Walks at Midnight holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10 from 63 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Death Walks at Midnight?

Death Walks at Midnight (1972) is a crime, horror, mystery, thriller film directed by Luciano Ercoli, starring Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Pietro Martellanza.

Where can I find more recommendations like Death Walks at Midnight?

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About movies like Death Walks at Midnight

This ranked list pairs Death Walks at Midnight (1972), a crime and horror and mystery and thriller film from Luciano Ercoli, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Nieves Navarro 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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