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Movies that feel likeFrankenweenie (2012)

When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.

If you loved Frankenweenie, the closest films we have are Happy Death Day 2U (2019), Re-Animator (1985) and Tremors (1990). All three share Frankenweenie'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 Spring (2014).

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Happy Death Day 2U
2019 · dir. Christopher Landon
🍅 73%★ 6.2comedy · horror · science fictionNetflix

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

Collegian Tree Gelbman wakes up in horror to learn that she's stuck in a parallel universe. Her boyfriend Carter is now with someone else, and her friends and fellow students seem to be completely different versions of themselves. When Tree discovers that Carter's roommate has been altering time, she finds herself once again the target of a masked killer. When the psychopath starts to go after her inner circle, Tree soon realizes that she must die over and over again to save everyone.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: halloween

The difference: 27 years apart, and the 1980s show

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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Tremors
1990 · dir. Ron Underwood
🍅 88%★ 7.2comedy · horror · science fictionPeacock

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.

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What We Do in the Shadows
2014 · dir. Jemaine Clement
🍅 96%★ 7.6comedy · horror

One thread runs through both: halloween

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Frankenweenie

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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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975 · dir. Jim Sharman
🍅 82%★ 7.4comedy · science fiction · horrorRent or buy

Both lean on ideas more than on comedy

After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.

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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
2010 · dir. Eli Craig
🍅 86%★ 7.5comedy · horrorPeacock

Horror built on wit, twice over

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 Babysitter
2017 · dir. McG
★ 6.4comedy · horrorNetflix

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

Dread-soaked family, 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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Warm Bodies
2013 · dir. Jonathan Levine
🍅 81%★ 6.8horror · comedy · romance

Science fiction with a pulse of unease, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to romance than Frankenweenie does

After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

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Monster House
2006 · dir. Gil Kenan
🍅 75%★ 6.7animation · comedy · familyPeacock

Witty animation, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Frankenweenie does

Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.

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Spring
2014 · dir. Aaron Moorhead
🍅 85%★ 6.7horror · romance · science fiction

Cerebral horror, and it commits to that

A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.

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

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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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