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Movies that feel like The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

If you loved The Fearless Vampire Killers, the closest films we have are Fright Night (1985), Dracula (1958) and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). All three share The Fearless Vampire Killers' dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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

πŸ… 73% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Roman Polanskiwittyplayfuldreadunsettling

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

Common ground: vampire

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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Dracula
1958 Β· dir. Terence Fisher
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.2horror

The same preoccupation in both: vampire

The difference: Lighter on wit

After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancΓ©e. 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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πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.3horror Β· comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949 Β· dir. Clyde Geronimi
β˜… 7.7family Β· animation Β· horror

Both land dread and unease at once

The difference: Played as family first

Washington Irving's tale of Ichabod Crane and the headless horseman is brought to life, narrated by Bing Crosby.

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What We Do in the Shadows
2014 Β· dir. Jemaine Clement
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· horror

Comedy built on wit, twice over

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

Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

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Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979 Β· dir. Werner Herzog
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.4drama Β· horror

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

The difference: Not nearly as witty

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.

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The Cremator
1969 Β· dir. Juraj Herz
πŸ… 89%β˜… 8horror Β· drama Β· crime

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

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Kill, Baby... Kill!
1966 Β· dir. Mario Bava
β˜… 6.9horror

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

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

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Real Life
1979 Β· dir. Albert Brooks
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7comedy

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".

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The Haunting
1963 Β· dir. Robert Wise
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4horror

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

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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Onibaba
1964 · dir. Kaneto Shindō
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.8horror

A streak of unease through both

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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Dracula
1931 Β· dir. Tod Browning
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.3horror

Both play horror straight

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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