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Movies that feel like Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

If you loved Nosferatu the Vampyre, the closest films we have are Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Fog (1980) and Dracula (1931). All three share Nosferatu the Vampyre'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 Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium and Shudder and others, checked against today's data.

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.

🍅 93% Rotten Tomatoes7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Werner Herzogcontemplativedreadunsettling
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Nosferatu (1922) · Nosferatu (2024)

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Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992 · dir. Francis Ford Coppola
🍅 69%7.4romance · horror

Both are working the same pair: transylvania, vampire

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as Nosferatu the Vampyre

Count Dracula, a 15th-century prince, is condemned to live off the blood of the living for eternity. Young lawyer Jonathan Harker is sent to Dracula's castle to finalise a land deal, but when the Count sees a photo of Harker's fiancée, Mina, the spitting image of his dead wife, he imprisons him and sets off for London to track her down.

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The Fog
1980 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 76%6.8horror

The same two preoccupations: small town life, and ship

Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

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Dracula
1931 · dir. Tod Browning
🍅 96%7.3horror

Both are built on the same subject: castle

The difference: Made in the 1930s, in a different era of the craft

A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

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

Common ground: vampire

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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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
1976 · dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
🍅 71%5.8horror · drama

Both land stillness and dread at once

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

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The Wicker Man
1973 · dir. Robin Hardy
🍅 92%7.5horror

Both lean on unease more than on horror

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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The Haunting
1963 · dir. Robert Wise
🍅 87%7.4horror

Drama built on dread, twice over

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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Let the Right One In
2008 · dir. Tomas Alfredson
🍅 98%7.8horror · drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.

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Candyman
1992 · dir. Bernard Rose
🍅 79%6.7drama · horror · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: melancholy

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Nosferatu the Vampyre does

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

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Audition
2000 · dir. Takashi Miike
🍅 81%7.1horror · drama

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

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The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 73%7comedy · horror

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to comedy than Nosferatu the Vampyre does

A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.

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Kill, Baby... Kill!
1966 · dir. Mario Bava
6.9horror

Both lean on unease more than on drama

A 20th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.

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