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Movies that feel like An American Werewolf in London (1981)

If you loved An American Werewolf in London, the closest films we have are Fright Night (1985), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) and Evil Dead II (1987). All three share An American Werewolf in London's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Shudder and others, checked against today's data.

American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.

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Fright Night
1985 Β· dir. Tom Holland
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· horror

One thread runs through both: black humor

The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 Β· dir. Joe Dante
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.5comedy Β· horror Β· fantasy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: mortality

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

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Evil Dead II
1987 Β· dir. Sam Raimi
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.7horror Β· comedy Β· fantasy

Both land wit and play at once

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.

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Army of Darkness
1992 Β· dir. Sam Raimi
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.4fantasy Β· horror Β· comedy

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

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.

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Death Becomes Her
1992 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
β˜… 6.7comedy Β· fantasy Β· horror

Dreamlike comedy, and it commits to that

Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancΓ©. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.

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Don't Look Now
1973 Β· dir. Nicolas Roeg
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1thriller Β· drama Β· horror

Common ground: grief

The difference: Leans further into thriller

While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.

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Animal House
1978 Β· dir. John Landis
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.4comedy

Both are John Landis's work, and they rhyme

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

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Gremlins
1984 Β· dir. Joe Dante
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.3fantasy Β· horror Β· comedy

Horror with a pulse of wit, in both cases

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

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The Witches
1990 Β· dir. Nicolas Roeg
πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.8fantasy Β· family Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: transformation

While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.

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Nosferatu
1922 Β· dir. F. W. Murnau
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8horror Β· fantasy

Both are built on the same subject: grief

The difference: 59 years apart, and the 1920s show

The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.

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Re-Animator
1985 Β· dir. Stuart Gordon
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.1science fiction Β· comedy Β· horror

Both keep coming back to the same thing: black humor

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.

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Poison for the Fairies
1986 Β· dir. Carlos Enrique Taboada
β˜… 7.2fantasy Β· horror

Fantasy built on dread, twice over

In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.

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