Movies like The Evil Dead

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The Evil Dead (1981)
 7.4
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The Evil Dead (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the surrounding forest.
Style: splatter, psychotronic, bloody, grindhouse, creepy, scary, controversial, demonic, dark, lovecraft ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, date night, manly, adult
Plot: zombie, gory, evil dead, monster, demonic possession, supernatural horror, extreme violence, demon, evil, supernatural, violence, dark humor, characters killed one by one, nightmare, survival horror, group of friends, macabre, satan, friends, rape, danger, occult, aggression, blood, survival ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, michigan, tennessee
Keyword: reboot, disgust, oldies, portuguese, challenge, music video, retrospective

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Most similar movies to The Evil Dead

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, slasher, psychotronic and suspenseful films with plots about supernatural, blood, gore, monster, danger, gory and deadly mostly in Horror, Thriller and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Evil Dead: Army of Darkness (1992), Braindead (1992), Demons 2 (1986), Drag Me to Hell (2009), Demons (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Evil Dead II (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: scary, splatter, dark comedy, slasher, bloody ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: gory, supernatural, evil dead, blood, dark humor, zombie, curses spells and rituals, undead, demon, haunted house, time travel, american horror ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century, medieval times, 90s ...
Place: michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Army of Darkness (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.
Style: dark fantasy, offbeat, humorous, demonic, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, time travel, evil dead, beast, siege, undead, medieval, supernatural, sword fight, skeleton, monster, castle ...
Time: medieval times, 13th century, middle ages, 90s, near future ...
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 103K
Braindead (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
Style: bloody, splatter, dark comedy, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, gory, monster, living dead, supernatural, macabre, infection, body horror, virus, cannibalism, monkey, zombie attack ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century, 50s, 1950s ...
Place: new zealand, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 196K
Evil Dead (2013)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Evil Dead, the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series, features Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety, heads to a remote cabin with a group of friends where the ...
Style: scary, bloody, suspenseful, slasher, demonic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: gory, demon, supernatural, zombie, demonic possession, blood, violence, extreme violence, cabin in the woods, addiction, woods, fear ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 80s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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 5.9
 12K
Demons 2 (1986)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.
Style: demonic, scary, classic horror, grindhouse, surreal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: demon, gory, monster, supernatural, haunted house, elevator, zombie, witchery, plague, exploitation, virus, haunted ...
Time: 80s
Place: hamburg germany, italy, europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 216K
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, demonic, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: demon, witch, ghost, supernatural, evil wins, evil, supernatural horror, macabre, curses spells and rituals, dark humor, exorcism, witchcraft ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, year 1969, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: los angeles, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 6.6
 26K
Demons (1985)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A group of people are trapped in a West Berlin movie theater infested with ravenous demons who proceed to kill and possess the humans one-by-one, thereby multiplying their numbers.
Style: demonic, scary, suspense, splatter, slasher ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: zombie, demon, plague, gory, body horror, supernatural, demonic possession, death, panic, survival horror, danger, chaos ...
Time: 80s
Place: europe, west germany, germany, italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
Style: scary, mind bending, bloody, surreal, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: monster, supernatural, creature, survival, cabin in the woods, trapped, zombie, fear, werewolf, dark humor, death, danger ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2000, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story: During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Style: grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, splatter, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, infection, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, monster, epidemic, end of the world, survival, living dead, siege, shopping mall, undead ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, philadelphia, bolivia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Return of the Living Dead III (1993)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Colonel Reynolds and his group of government scientists continue their work on re-animating the dead for military use. His son Curt uses a stolen security pass to sneak in with his thrill-seeking girlfriend Julie, with shocking, deadly results!
Style: tragic ending, bloody, classic horror, splatter, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, undead, living dead, military base, self mutilation, body mutilation, body horror, infected, gory, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, infection ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
 452K
The Exorcist (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: 12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to ...
Style: scary, suspense, satanic, demonic, psychological ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: religion, supernatural, demon, exorcism, devil, priest, macabre, possession, demonic possession, occult, exorcist, supernatural horror ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place: persia, usa, washington d.c., asia, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Ash vs Evil Dead (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Bruce Campbell reprises his role as Ash Williams, an aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who’s spent the last three decades avoiding maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead. But when a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of ...
Style: splatter, humorous, scary, semi serious, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, evil dead, zombie, chainsaw, gory, curses spells and rituals, demon, graphic violence, deadly creature, heroes, living dead, male protagonist ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. Although not the first zombie film, Night of the Living Dead is the progenitor of the contemporary "zombie apocalypse" ...
Style: scary, suspense, grindhouse, black and white, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: zombie, cemetery, zombie apocalypse, basement, living dead, survival, monster, supernatural, gory, cannibalism, zombie attack, post apocalypse ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1968, year 1967
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the thirteenth century, the region around the city of Berzano was ruled by a legion of Templar Knights, who sought eternal life through the ingestion of human blood. They terrorized the region by harvesting the land and committing human ...
Style: scary, slasher, atmospheric, gothic, satanic ...
Plot: zombie, undead, rape, medieval, occult, supernatural, morgue, ritual, folk horror, evil, infected, vampire ...
Time: medieval times, 20th century, 70s, 13th century
Place: europe, spain, portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Pinhead is trapped in a sculpture and fortunately for him the sculpture is bought by a young playboy who owns his own night club. Pinhead busies himself escaping by getting the playboy to lure victims to his presence so he can use their blood. Once ...
Style: slasher, scary, demonic, bloody, splatter ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, demon, nightclub, hellraiser, gory, vietnam war, reporter, body horror, violence, church, murder of a policewoman, torture ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
I Drink Your Blood (1971)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A band of satanist hippies roll into a town and begin terrorizing the local folk. After raping a local girl, her grandpa goes after them, only to be beaten and forced to take LSD. His grandson then plots revenge on the satanists by feeding them meat ...
Style: grindhouse, slasher, disturbing, satanic, terrifying ...
Plot: lsd, hippie, rabies, satanist, rape and revenge, exploitation, zombie, machete, counterculture, revenge, virus, occult ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 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 (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: supernatural, dream, supernatural horror, murder, nightmare, gory, serial killer, fear, nightmare comes true, high school, sleep deprivation, teenager ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1981
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A college-age brother and sister get more than they bargained for on their road trip home from spring break. When the bickering siblings witness a creepy truck driver tossing body bags into a sewer near an abandoned church, they investigate. Bad ...
Style: slasher, scary, disturbing, dark, bloody ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, macabre, supernatural, serial killer, demon, chase, scarecrow, dead teenager, deadly creature, characters murdered one by one, scared, death ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.5
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Evil Dead Rise (2023)
Genre: Horror
Country: Ireland, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two sisters find an ancient book that gives birth to bloodthirsty demons that run amok in a Los Angeles apartment building and thrusts them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Style: psychological, mystical, suspenseful, slasher, psychotronic ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: sister sister relationship, demonic possession, demon, sibling relationship, evil, earthquake, supernatural horror, back from the dead, chainsaw, evil smile, elevator, blood ...
Time: 2020s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 31K
Zombie (1979)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A zombie is found aboard a boat off the New York coast which belongs to a famous scientist. A journalist travels to the Antilles with the daughter of the scientist. They discover a terrifying disease which is turning the islanders into horrifying ...
Style: grindhouse, disturbing, bloody, scary, splatter ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: zombie, island, virus, zombie apocalypse, gory, apocalypse, shark, living dead, zombie outbreak, zombie attack, violence, monster ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, italy, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Paranormal Activity (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After a young, middle class couple moves into a suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, demonic ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, paranormal activity, fear, ghost, macabre, panic, videotaping, demon, found footage, demonic possession, evil force ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: america, san diego california, usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 13K
Tourist Trap (1979)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Their car breaks down and four friends find themselves stranded at The Lost Oasis, a strange museum run by the friendly Mr. Slausen. Even though they are warned not to, the teens explore a house nearby and learn that it belongs to Davey, Mr. ...
Style: slasher, scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: murder, mannequin, serial killer, psychopath, insanity, fear, group of friends, chase, blood, maniac, old dark house, doll ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Day of the Dead (1985)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The final chapter of George A. Romero's "Dead Trilogy". In an underground government installation they are searching for a cure to overcome this strange transformation into zombies. Unfortunately, the zombies from above ground have ...
Style: bloody, disturbing, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: zombie, zombie apocalypse, living dead, virus, apocalypse, gory, mad scientist, violence, insanity, macabre, survival, monster ...
Time: 80s
Place: florida, pittsburgh, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.3
 70K
Dead Snow (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Norway
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Eight medical students on a ski trip to Norway discover that Hitler's horrors live on when they come face to face with a battalion of zombie Nazi soldiers intent on devouring anyone unfortunate enough to wander into the remote mountains where ...
Style: scary, dark comedy, splatter, humorous, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, nazi zombie, gory, snow, nazi, dark humor, supernatural, undead, world war two, living dead, fear, vacation ...
Time: year 2009, year 2000
Place: antarctic, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pet Sematary II (1992)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather.
Style: scary, slasher, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, halloween, stephen king, supernatural, death in the family, burial, bully, small town, chase, gory, cemetery, back from the dead ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: maine, usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After 23 horrifying days of gorging on human flesh, an ancient creature known as the Creeper embarks on a final voracious feeding frenzy, terrorizing a group of varsity basketball players, cheerleaders and coaches stranded on a remote highway when ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, slasher, scary, splatter ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, scarecrow, supernatural, beast, demon, monster, farm, cheerleader, deadly creature, creature, violence, cornfield ...
Time: year 2003, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In this remake of the original classic film, a group of people are trapped inside a farmhouse as legions of the walking dead try to get inside and use them for food.
Style: scary, creepy, splatter, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: zombie, living dead, end of the world, gory, cemetery, zombie attack, survival horror, zombie apocalypse, survival, chaos, danger, cannibalism ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
14%
 6.0
 19K
The Gate (1987)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good and evil as the three kids struggle to overcome a nightmarish hell that is literally ...
Style: scary, slasher, satanic, suspense, splatter ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: demon, monster, supernatural, zombie, boy, occult, coming of age, child protagonist, suburbs, suburban life, child in peril, creature ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A troubled security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy's won't be so easy to make it through.
Style: supernatural thriller, scary, suspenseful, dread, captivating ...
Plot: restaurant, supernatural horror, pizzeria, security guard, doll, video game, monster, terror, job, night, dinner, robot ...
Time: 80s, year 2000, 2000s, year 1980
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The House by the Cemetery (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A deranged killer lives in the basement of an old mansion and pops out occasionally to commit grisly murders that include be-headings.
Style: suspense, grindhouse, suspenseful, scary, bloody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, gory, serial killer, ghost, monster, violent, insanity, undead, blood, psychopath, house ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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