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Movies that feel likeAn American Werewolf in London (1981)

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.

If you loved An American Werewolf in London, the closest films we have are Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Evil Dead II (1987) and Fright Night (1985). All three share An American Werewolf in London'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 Poison for the Fairies (1986).

🍅 80% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John Landiswittyplayfuldreadunsettlingdreamlike
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 · dir. Joe Dante
🍅 71%★ 6.5comedy · horror · fantasyMax

Two things both keep coming back to: mortality and halloween

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

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Evil Dead II
1987 · dir. Sam Raimi
🍅 88%★ 7.6horror · comedy · fantasyMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: halloween

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.

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

One thread runs through both: black humor

The difference: Less dreamlike, more its own thing

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

Witty and playful 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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Krampus
2015 · dir. Michael Dougherty
🍅 67%★ 6.2horror · comedy · fantasyPrime VideoPeacock

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

The difference: 34 years apart, and the 2010s show

When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.

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Extra Ordinary
2019 · dir. Mike Ahern
🍅 98%★ 6.4fantasy · comedy · horrorPrime Video

Both lean on dream logic more than on comedy

A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.

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Death Becomes Her
1992 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
★ 6.7comedy · fantasy · horrorPrime VideoPeacock

Witty horror, and it commits to that

Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.

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Anna and the Apocalypse
2018 · dir. John McPhail
🍅 77%★ 6.1horror · comedy · fantasyRent or buy

Fantasy with a pulse of play, in both cases

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven—at Christmas—forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, and sing their way to survival. In a desperate race to reach their loved ones, they soon learn that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

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Poison for the Fairies
1986 · dir. Carlos Enrique Taboada
★ 7.2fantasy · horror

Horror built on dread, twice over

In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.

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Re-Animator
1985 · dir. Stuart Gordon
🍅 88%★ 7.1science fiction · comedy · horror

Common ground: black humor

The difference: Played as science fiction first

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.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · dir. Wes Craven
🍅 93%★ 7.4horrorMax

Unsettling comedy in both cases

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

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🍅 90%★ 7.3horror · comedy

Both lean on wit more than on fantasy

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

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