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Movies that feel likeThe Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.

If you loved The Fearless Vampire Killers, the closest films we have are Fright Night (1985), Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and Dracula (1958). All three share The Fearless Vampire Killers' dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Cremator (1969).

🍅 73% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Roman Polanskiwittyplayfuldreadunsettling
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If The Fearless Vampire Killers hit the spot, these will too

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

Common ground in both: vampire and halloween

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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🍅 90%★ 7.3horror · comedy

Common ground: halloween

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

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Dracula
1958 · dir. Terence Fisher
🍅 89%★ 7.2horror

The same preoccupation in both: vampire

The difference: Lighter on wit

After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.

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

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

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 Cremator
1969 · dir. Juraj Herz
🍅 89%★ 8horror · drama · crime

Both land dread and unease at once

The difference: Played as drama first

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

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The Lost Boys
1987 · dir. Joel Schumacher
🍅 75%★ 7.2horror · comedy · thriller

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans further into thriller

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.

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

Horror with a pulse of play, in both cases

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

Both lean on dread more than on comedy

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

Unsettling horror in both cases

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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Kill, Baby... Kill!
1966 · dir. Mario Bava
★ 6.8horrorPrime Video

Horror built on dread, twice over

A 20th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.

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An American Werewolf in London
1981 · dir. John Landis
🍅 80%★ 7.5comedy · horror · fantasyPrime Video

Different title, same corner of the shelf

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.

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Onibaba
1964 · dir. Kaneto Shindō
🍅 90%★ 7.8horrorMax

A streak of unease through both

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.

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