
Movies that feel like Re-Animator (1985)
If you loved Re-Animator, the closest films we have are Fright Night (1985), Warm Bodies (2013) and What We Do in the Shadows (2014). All three share Re-Animator's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Shudder, Artiflix and Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If Re-Animator hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: black humor
The difference: Not nearly as cerebral as Re-Animator

Both built around zombie
The difference: Leans romance where Re-Animator does not

Both keep circling back to zombie
The difference: 29 years apart, and the 2010s show

Both land wit and play at once

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

Witty comedy, and it commits to that
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly


Experiment is the engine of both

Dread-soaked science fiction in both cases
The difference: Plays it as fantasy more than Re-Animator does

Comedy with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Both trade on wit more than on being horror

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over
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