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Movies that feel likeRe-Animator (1985)

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.

If you loved Re-Animator, the closest films we have are Fright Night (1985), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Tremors (1990). All three share Re-Animator's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).

πŸ… 88% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Stuart Gordoncerebralwittyplayfuldreadunsettling
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If Re-Animator hit the spot, these will too

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

Common ground in both: halloween and black humor

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Re-Animator does

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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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975 Β· dir. Jim Sharman
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· science fiction Β· horrorRent or buy

Common ground: halloween

After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.

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Tremors
1990 Β· dir. Ron Underwood
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· horror Β· science fictionPeacock

Both land ideas and wit at once

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.

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The Return of the Living Dead
1985 Β· dir. Dan O'Bannon
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· horror Β· science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: zombie

Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.

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The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967 Β· dir. Roman Polanski
πŸ… 73%β˜… 7comedy Β· horror

Playful and dread-soaked in the same breath

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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Scanners
1981 Β· dir. David Cronenberg
πŸ… 69%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· horrorMax

Science fiction built on unease, twice over

A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 Β· dir. Philip Kaufman
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.4science fiction Β· horror

Cerebral horror, and it commits to that

The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.

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Phantasm
1979 Β· dir. Don Coscarelli
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.6horror Β· science fictionPrime Video

Dread-soaked comedy in both cases

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

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The Fly
1986 Β· dir. David Cronenberg
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.6horror Β· science fictionHuluPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: experiment

When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

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Happy Death Day 2U
2019 Β· dir. Christopher Landon
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.2comedy Β· horror Β· science fictionNetflix

Science fiction with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Collegian Tree Gelbman wakes up in horror to learn that she's stuck in a parallel universe. Her boyfriend Carter is now with someone else, and her friends and fellow students seem to be completely different versions of themselves. When Tree discovers that Carter's roommate has been altering time, she finds herself once again the target of a masked killer. When the psychopath starts to go after her inner circle, Tree soon realizes that she must die over and over again to save everyone.

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Phase IV
1974 Β· dir. Saul Bass
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.4horror Β· science fiction

Both lean on unease more than on horror

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.

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An American Werewolf in London
1981 Β· dir. John Landis
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· horror Β· fantasyPrime Video

One thread runs through both: black humor

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Re-Animator does

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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