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Movies that feel likeTremors (1990)

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.

If you loved Tremors, the closest films we have are Re-Animator (1985), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Happy Death Day 2U (2019). All three share Tremors' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).

🍅 88% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Ron Underwoodwittyplayfuldreadunsettlingcerebral
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Re-Animator
1985 · dir. Stuart Gordon
🍅 88%★ 7.1science fiction · comedy · horror

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

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

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

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

Cerebral comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: 29 years apart, and the 2010s show

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

Witty horror in both cases

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Tremors

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

Both lean on play more than on science fiction

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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The Fly
1986 · dir. David Cronenberg
🍅 82%★ 7.6horror · science fictionHuluPeacock

Common ground: creature

When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

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

Both are built on the same subject: small town life

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Tremors does

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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Scanners
1981 · dir. David Cronenberg
🍅 69%★ 6.7science fiction · horrorMax

Horror built on dread, twice over

A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 · dir. Philip Kaufman
🍅 93%★ 7.4science fiction · horror

Science fiction with a pulse of unease, in both cases

The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.

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Phantasm
1979 · dir. Don Coscarelli
🍅 72%★ 6.6horror · science fictionPrime Video

Comedy with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

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

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: creature

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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