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Movies that feel likeWhat We Do in the Shadows (2014)

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

If you loved What We Do in the Shadows, the closest films we have are Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) and Fright Night (1985). All three share What We Do in the Shadows' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Housebound (2014).

🍅 96% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jemaine Clementwittyplayfuldreadunsettling
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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
2010 · dir. Eli Craig
🍅 86%★ 7.5comedy · horror

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.

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The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 73%★ 7comedy · horror

The same two preoccupations: vampire, and halloween

The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

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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Fright Night
1985 · dir. Tom Holland
🍅 83%★ 7.1comedy · horror

Both keep coming back to the same thing: 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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Ready or Not
2019 · dir. Tyler Gillett
🍅 89%★ 6.9horror · comedyNetflix

Both land dread and unease at once

A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.

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Piranha 3D
2010 · dir. Alexandre Aja
🍅 76%★ 5.5comedy · horrorParamount+

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.

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Goosebumps
2015 · dir. Rob Letterman
🍅 78%★ 6.3adventure · horror · comedyParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: werewolf

The difference: Played as adventure first

After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.

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The Babysitter
2017 · dir. McG
★ 6.4comedy · horrorNetflix

Playful horror in both cases

When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.

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Jennifer's Body
2009 · dir. Karyn Kusama
🍅 47%★ 5.6horror · comedyHuluPeacock

Comedy built on dread, twice over

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.

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Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
2020 · dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
🍅 67%★ 4.9comedy · horrorNetflix

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Addicted to technology, a group of teens attends a rehabilitation camp in the forest, but a sinister force there intends to take them offline forever.

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The Dead Don't Die
2019 · dir. Jim Jarmusch
🍅 55%★ 5.4comedy · drama · horrorNetflix

Common ground: zombie

The difference: Leans further into drama

In the sleepy town of Centerville, the lives of a number of interconnected characters are disrupted by the undead.

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Housebound
2014 · dir. Gerard Johnstone
🍅 95%★ 6.7horror · comedy · thrillerPrime Video

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

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Better Watch Out
2017 · dir. Chris Peckover
🍅 89%★ 6.5horror · thriller · comedyPrime VideoPeacock

Horror with a pulse of play, in both cases

On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.

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