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Movies that feel like Ginger Snaps (2000)

If you loved Ginger Snaps, the closest films we have are Nosferatu (2024), The Witches (1990) and Doctor Sleep (2019). All three share Ginger Snaps's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel and HBO Max and others, checked against today's data.

The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.

πŸ… 90% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. John Fawcettdreadunsettlingdreamlikedarkly funnywistful

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If Ginger Snaps hit the spot, these will too

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Nosferatu
2024 Β· dir. Robert Eggers
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1horror Β· fantasy

Both built around gothic

The difference: Missing the dark humor of Ginger Snaps

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

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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

The difference: Leans family where Ginger Snaps does not

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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Doctor Sleep
2019 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.3horror Β· fantasy

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability called the "shine".

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Constantine
2005 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 46%β˜… 7fantasy Β· action Β· horror

Dreamlike horror in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 Β· dir. Wes Craven
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.4horror

Both keep circling back to murder

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

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Oculus
2014 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.6horror

Fantasy built on dread, twice over

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

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Interview with the Vampire
1994 Β· dir. Neil Jordan
πŸ… 66%β˜… 7.5horror Β· drama Β· fantasy

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

The difference: Plays it as drama more than Ginger Snaps does

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

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Carrie
2002 Β· dir. David Carson
πŸ… 20%β˜… 5.4horror Β· tv movie Β· thriller

High school runs into growing up in each of them

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.

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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013 Β· dir. Tommy Wirkola
πŸ… 17%β˜… 6.1fantasy Β· horror Β· action

Both trade on dream logic more than on being fantasy

After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.

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Dracula Untold
2014 Β· dir. Gary Shore
πŸ… 26%β˜… 6.2horror Β· action Β· fantasy

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire, Dracula.

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Underworld: Awakening
2012 Β· dir. MΓ₯ns MΓ₯rlind
πŸ… 26%β˜… 6.3fantasy Β· action Β· horror

Werewolf is the engine of both

Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Now Selene must battle the humans and a frightening new breed of super Lycans to ensure the death dealers' survival.

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The Sentinel
1977 Β· dir. Michael Winner
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery Β· fantasy

Unsettling fantasy in both cases

The difference: A 1970s film, from a different era of filmmaking

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.

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