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Movies that feel likeThe Day of the Beast (1995)

When a rogue priest discovers the exact date the Antichrist will be born, he enlists a Death Metal record store clerk and a cheesy TV psychic for an urban spree of gore, sacrilege and twisted humor to prevent the Apocalypse.

If you loved The Day of the Beast, the closest films we have are The Bar (2017), Sightseers (2012) and The Return of the Living Dead (1985). All three share The Day of the Beast's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Lost in America (1985).

🍅 77% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Álex de la Iglesiadreadunsettlingwittyplayfulkineticdarkly funny
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The Bar
2017 · dir. Álex de la Iglesia
🍅 100%★ 6.3horror · thriller · comedy

The same hand behind both of them: Álex de la Iglesia

The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than The Day of the Beast does

In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.

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Sightseers
2012 · dir. Ben Wheatley
🍅 86%★ 6.5comedy · romance · horror

Both are built on the same subject: dark comedy

The difference: Easier on the momentum than The Day of the Beast

Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.

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The Return of the Living Dead
1985 · dir. Dan O'Bannon
🍅 71%★ 7.3comedy · horror · science fiction

Common ground: dark comedy

The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than The Day of the Beast does

Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.

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In China They Eat Dogs
1999 · dir. Lasse Spang Olsen
★ 7.3action · comedy · crime

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Sits closer to crime than The Day of the Beast does

Arvid is an ordinary bank clerk who lives a rather unassuming life with his dear girlfriend. But his life is turned completely upside down when he bravely manages to avert a robbery against the bank where he works.

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

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

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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Lost in America
1985 · dir. Albert Brooks
🍅 95%★ 7comedy

Comedy built on dark humor, twice over

David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.

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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · dir. Michael Patrick Jann
🍅 47%★ 6.7comedy

Witty horror, and it commits to that

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

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Men & Chicken
2015 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
★ 6.7comedy · drama

Both lean on play more than on action

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2010s show

Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.

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In the Loop
2009 · dir. Armando Iannucci
🍅 94%★ 7.4comedy

Darkly funny comedy in both cases

The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.

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Withnail & I
1987 · dir. Bruce Robinson
🍅 84%★ 7.5comedy · dramaMax

Horror with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

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

Dread-soaked action, and it commits to that

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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Dawn of the Dead
2004 · dir. Zack Snyder
🍅 77%★ 7.2horror · science fiction · actionStarz

Kinetic horror in both cases

A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.

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