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Movies that feel likeNight of the Living Dead (1968)

A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

If you loved Night of the Living Dead, the closest films we have are The Haunting (1963), The Wicker Man (1973) and Onibaba (1964). All three share Night of the Living Dead's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Borderlands (2014).

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. George A. Romerodreadunsettlingmelancholy
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Dawn of the Dead (1978)

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The Haunting
1963 · dir. Robert Wise
🍅 88%★ 7.4horror

Common ground in both: halloween and black and white

Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…

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The Wicker Man
1973 · dir. Robin Hardy
🍅 92%★ 7.5horrorPrime Video

One thread runs through both: cemetery

The difference: Trades the melancholy of Night of the Living Dead for an angle of its own

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the island’s residents.

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Onibaba
1964 · dir. Kaneto Shindō
🍅 90%★ 7.8horrorMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: black and white

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.

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Talk to Me
2023 · dir. Michael Philippou
★ 7.1horrorMax

Both land dread and unease at once

The difference: 55 years apart, and the 2020s show

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

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The Borderlands
2014 · dir. Elliot Goldner
🍅 83%★ 5.8horror

Melancholy horror, and it commits to that

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

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The Eyes of My Mother
2016 · dir. Nicolas Pesce
🍅 78%★ 6.2drama · horror

Both lean on dread more than on horror

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Night of the Living Dead does

A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

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Pet Sematary
1989 · dir. Mary Lambert
🍅 55%★ 6.5horrorParamount+

Common ground: zombie

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003 · dir. Marcus Nispel
🍅 37%★ 6.2horror

Unsettling horror in both cases

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

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The Curse of La Llorona
2019 · dir. Michael Chaves
🍅 26%★ 5.3horrorMax

Both are built on the same subject: brothers and sisters

In 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism to keep evil at bay.

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 · dir. Tobe Hooper
🍅 85%★ 7.4horrorNetflixPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: gas station

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

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Don't Look Now
1973 · dir. Nicolas Roeg
🍅 93%★ 7.1thriller · drama · horror

Common ground: grief

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Night of the Living Dead does

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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Dracula
1958 · dir. Terence Fisher
🍅 89%★ 7.2horror

Both are built on the same subject: halloween

After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.

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