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Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
54K
Original name: Bubba Ho-tep
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.
Style:
splatter, funny, black comedy, independent film, cult classic, sexy, horrifying, horror comedy, humorous, creepy ...
Plot:
mummy, nightmare, dark humor, undead, mental illness, president, old age, elvis impersonator, profanity, roommate, musician, satire, friendship, death, old man, aging, death of friend, showdown, regret, voice over narration, irreverent, halloween, good versus evil, partner, odd couple ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
texas, las vegas, usa, southern usa, austin texas, egypt
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, humorous, dark comedy and weird films with plots about blood, brutality, storytelling, cult, supernatural, gory and dialogue mostly in Horror, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Bubba Ho-Tep: The Frighteners (1996), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Cemetery Man (1994), Creepshow (1982), What We Do in the Shadows (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more ...
Style:
scary, black comedy, dark comedy, horror comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, horror for children, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, serial killer, haunted house, dark humor, funeral, psychic, supernatural ability, violence, architect, car accident, death of wife ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1800s, 1950s, 70s
Place:
oklahoma city, oceania, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
Style:
horror comedy, dark comedy, humorous, funny, parody ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, dark humor, zombie apocalypse, pub, zombie outbreak, zombie attack, satire, zombie violence, eaten alive, supernatural, siege, flesh eating zombie ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, y2k, 21st century
Place:
london, britain, europe, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A cemetery man has the unusual problem of the dead rising from the grave. Himself and his assistant must end these creatures' lives again after they are reborn. Everything is going well until "She" comes along and stirs things up a ...
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zombie, cemetery, male nudity, insanity, erotica, prostitute, grave digger, graphic violence, living dead, death, violent, undead ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, europe
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100%
57K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.
Style:
anthology, bloody, grindhouse, frightening, cult horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
death, torture, revenge, stephen king, murder, monster, halloween, dark humor, transformation, gory, violent, zombie ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 1830s, 19th century, future
Place:
pittsburgh
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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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absurd, gothic, humorous, parody, mockumentary ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, dark humor, werewolf, friendship, supernatural, goth, immortality, blood, social misfits, roommate, urban, found footage ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1912, year 1997, year 1978, 2010s ...
Place:
new zealand, indiana, oceania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.
Style:
parody, humorous, horror comedy, cult classic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
oregon, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
27%
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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, bloody, classic horror, lovecraft, demonic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
evil dead, demon, gory, haunted house, supernatural, demonic possession, dark humor, undead, chainsaw, woods, blood, zombie ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, medieval times, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
michigan, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, absurd, horror comedy, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
invasion, dark humor, dog, fictional reality, monster, psychic power, male friendship, out of body experience, buddies, portal, save the world, adult humor ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
usa, las vegas
Similarity:
50%
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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:
cult classic, dark fantasy, horror comedy, spooky, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, time travel, evil dead, one man army, siege, possession, doppelganger, chainsaw, medieval, supernatural, sword and sorcery, sword fight ...
Time:
medieval times, 13th century, year 1992, middle ages, 20th century ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
25%
73K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 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:
horror comedy, dark comedy, splatter, creepy, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, nazi zombie, dark humor, gory, nazi, world war two, winter, vacation, cannibalism, living dead, fear, brutality ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000
Place:
antarctic, europe
Similarity:
23%
109K
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, dark comedy, cult classic, horror comedy, creepy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gory, zombie, dark humor, living dead, infection, eaten alive, terror, monster, supernatural, zombie attack, body horror, macabre ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century, 50s, 1950s ...
Place:
new zealand, oceania
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada, UK, USA, India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
humorous, funny, dark comedy, absurd, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
death, gory, dark humor, vacation, group of friends, student, nothing goes right, accidental killing, youth, chainsaw, friends, freak accident ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
virginia, west virginia, usa, canada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A horror movie/buddy comedy about Joey and his undead friend Bart who comes back from the dead as a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.
Style:
horror comedy, humorous, suspense, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
horror comedy, parody, absurd, surreal, clever ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
Style:
splatter, lovecraft, bloody, black comedy, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
violence, mad scientist, zombie, insanity, reanimated corpse, female nudity, dark humor, overdose, gory, laboratory, hospital, evil scientist ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
33K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Roger Cobb is a author who has just separated from his wife. He moves into a new house and tries to work on a novel based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. Strange things start happening around him; little things at first, but as they become ...
Style:
horror comedy, creepy, scary, black comedy, slasher ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, haunted, vietnam war, zombie, husband murders wife, monster, supernatural, novelist, happy ending, missing person, corpse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his deformed Siamese-twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
Style:
bloody, slasher, splatter, scary, horror comedy ...
Plot:
body horror, siamese twins, macabre, hospital, gory, evil twin, freak, monster, revenge, twins, public nudity, raped by monster ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
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11K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.
Style:
sexy, scary, humorous, light, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, witch, demon, creature, little creatures, adaptation, storytelling, justice, ghost, danger, battles, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
Style:
suspense, black comedy, gothic, horror comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
werewolf, monster, nightmare, transformation, supernatural, full moon, violence, monster as victim, gory, wolf, ghost, hospital ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, northern england ...
Similarity:
20%
8K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar looking for strippers to entertain their college friends.
Style:
scary, slasher, humorous, atmospheric, harsh ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, violence, strip club, college, dark humor, female vampire, justice, supernatural ability, dangerous attraction, danger, misfit ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
20%
272K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Style:
black comedy, frightening, funny, horror comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, monster, small town, supernatural, transformation, creature, holiday, gremlin, father son relationship, winter, swimming pool, bank ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
Style:
serious, surreal, dark comedy, dark fantasy, visual ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, good versus evil, murder mystery, danger, vengeance, dark humor, supernatural ability, transformation, snake, devil, false accusation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle, turkey
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, manly ...
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, virus, survival, road trip, amusement park, living dead, dark humor, chaos and mayhem, danger ...
Time:
year 2009, near future, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles, columbus ohio, ohio, usa ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950's suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on ...
Style:
dark comedy, creepy, terrifying, slasher, black comedy ...
Plot:
cannibalism, coming of age, macabre, suburbs, dysfunctional family, eating human flesh, dark humor, youth, cannibal, body horror, blood, nightmare ...
Time:
year 1989, 50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1954
Similarity:
20%
249K
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:
bloody, splatter, demonic, scary, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, date night, adult
Plot:
gory, zombie, evil dead, demonic possession, supernatural horror, nightmare, demon, monster, extreme violence, violence, sexualized violence, evil ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, michigan, tennessee, north america
Similarity:
20%
165K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before ...
Style:
scary, entertaining, horror comedy, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night, kids, boys' night, teens, horror for children
Plot:
monster, desert, creature feature, creature, death, survival, small town, deadly creature, danger, giant monster, stranded, rescue ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, future, 20th century, 80s
Place:
nevada, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for ...
Style:
slasher, scary, dark comedy, mockumentary, creepy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
y2k, year 2006, 2000s
Place:
oregon, portland oregon
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. The vampire continues to visit and drink his blood, and as his ...
Style:
dark comedy, psychological, surreal, sexy, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, mental illness, secretary, female vampire, psychiatrist, cockroach, nightclub, insanity, macabre, hallucination, yuppie ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Mike, after his release from a psychiatric hospital, teams up with his old pal Reggie to hunt down the Tall Man, who is at it again. A mysterious, beautiful girl has also become part of Mike's dreams, and they must find her before the Tall Man ...
Style:
slasher, cult classic, splatter, scary, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cemetery, mortician, gory, supernatural, morgue, funeral home, satanist, death, good versus evil, chainsaw, priest, small town ...
Time:
80s
Place:
oregon, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
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