
Movies that feel like Phase IV (1974)
If you loved Phase IV, the closest films we have are Scanners (1981), Phantasm (1979) and The Fly (1986). All three share Phase IV'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 Criterion Channel, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
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If Phase IV hit the spot, these will too

Murder and scientist, at the center of both

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

Both built around scientist
The difference: Reviewed even better

Cerebral horror in both cases
The difference: A 2020s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Both trade on dread more than on being science fiction

Horror built on unease, twice over

Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that
The difference: Plays it as romance more than Phase IV does

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

Unsettling science fiction, and it commits to that

A streak of ideas through both

Both are horror through and through

The same science fiction instincts
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