
Movies that feel like The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
If you loved The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the closest films we have are Re-Animator (1985), Fright Night (1985) and What We Do in the Shadows (2014). All three share The Rocky Horror Picture Show'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 Fandor, Shudder and Artiflix and others, checked against today's data.
If The Rocky Horror Picture Show hit the spot, these will too

The same mix in both: wit, then play

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath
The difference: Lighter on ideas

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases
The difference: 39 years apart, and the 2010s show

Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that
The difference: Played as romance first

Both trade on play more than on being horror

Dread-soaked comedy in both cases

Halloween is the engine of both
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly


Both built around halloween

Science fiction built on wit, twice over
The difference: Leans further into fantasy

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

Cerebral horror in both cases
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