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Isn't Anyone Alive? (2012)
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Original name: 生きてるものはいないのか
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a Japanese military hospital, a mysterious pandemic strikes and quickly kills seemingly at random. A group of unconnected individuals must come to terms with their own impending deaths, and the fragile absurdity of life.
Style:
apocalyptic, existential, psychological, philosophical, bleak, surreal, disturbing, tense, experimental, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
death, pandemic, mortality, epidemic, absurdism, claustrophobia, isolation, nihilism, body horror, panic, military hospital, experimental narrative, survival, dark humor, satire, college campus, slow burn, urban, university, surrealism, apocalypse, college
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Isn't Anyone Alive?
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surreal, independent film, tense and suspense films with plots about isolation, body horror, dark humor, gore, claustrophobia, survival and satire mostly in Horror, Comedy and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Isn't Anyone Alive?: Battle Heater (1989), Feed Me (2022), The Neighbor Zombie (2010), Zombie Babies (2011), Zombie Driftwood (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Furuchi and Hama are two unsuccessful repair agents and electronic engineers. One day Furichi finds a so-called Kotatsu heater. Soon after this Furichi dies in a traffic accident. But with the help of a stun gun succeed Hama Furichi bring back to ...
Style:
absurd, independent film, surreal, experimental, splatter ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
monster, supernatural, possession, resurrection, body horror, macabre, dark humor, rebirth, objects come to life, friendship, satire, urban ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Following the death of his wife, a broken man spirals into an abyss of night tremors and depression and finds himself in the home of a deranged cannibal who convinces him to take his own life in the most horrific way imaginable.
Style:
psychological horror, dark, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cannibalism, depression, cannibal, surrealism, loss, mourning, grief, night, murder, satire, depressed man, mental breakdown ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In 2010, the people of Seoul, South Korea fight a virus that threatens to infect the planet.
Style:
apocalyptic, tense, suspense, dark, horror comedy ...
Plot:
zombie, virus, epidemic, survival, apocalypse, struggle for survival, infected, infection, living dead, zombie apocalypse, undead, zombie survival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a group of expecting young couples head to Burt Fleming's mountaintop hotel for a weekend retreat (and discount abortions), they get more than they bargained for when the fetal undead come back for vengeance.
Style:
scary, disturbing, semi serious, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
zombie, revenge, isolation, body horror, baby, survival, violence, group of friends, murder, hotel, weekend, abortion ...
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
When a cruise ship full of Caribbean tourists turn into zombies two metal fans must battle against zombie Armageddon armed only with a baseball bat, booze... and bagpipes.
Style:
tense, semi serious, humorous, bleak, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
zombie, cruise ship, survival, surrealism, save the day, human versus monster, killing, zombie outbreak, two friends, brutality, eaten alive, music fan ...
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Horror
Country: Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A day in the life of reluctant hotel owner Dave, a man troubled by nightmares, his neighbour, his friends and love. Dave’s days and nights blend into each other as he wanders vacantly through the halls of the abandoned and dilapidated Hotel ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, existential, art house, atmospheric ...
Plot:
surrealism, loneliness, isolation, mental breakdown, nightmare, haunted hotel, symbolism, abandoned, purgatory, social commentary, dark humor, alcoholism ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A crazed rabbit goes zombie on a small community turning it's inhabitants into zombies. Six people struggle with their own inner demons some of which are more frightening than the zombies they are trying to survive.
Style:
psychological horror, tense, indie film, dark, splatter ...
Plot:
zombie, survival, creature feature, fear, violence, struggle for survival, rabbit, small town, paranoia, infection, panic, bloodbath ...
Similarity:
62%
358
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
What happens when a crazed scientist gets a forced weekend away at a Bed and Breakfast? Mushrooms and mayhem! Death stalks the shocked guests as mushrooms of all shapes and sizes run rampant through the woods!
Style:
splatter, suspense, creepy, absurd, black comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mad scientist, death, violence, man versus nature, dark humor, body horror, monster, killer, isolation, survival, small town, weekend getaway ...
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young couple set out to open a guesthouse in a remote place in Iceland. They come for peace but soon find out that something evil is lurking beneath their basement and hunting them in their dreams while they sleep.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, bleak, absurd ...
Plot:
nightmare, demon, young couple, folk horror, monster, psychological torture, danger, human monster, supernatural, macabre, family relations, hotel ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Get in the holiday spirit with this cozy, crackling fire.
Style:
captivating, mystical, surreal, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, holiday horror, satire, holiday, fire, supernatural horror, winter, mysticism, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, isolation, home invasion ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A man wanders down a corridor and as he appears into each room that he passes by he becomes witness to acts of unbelievable cruelty as people are viciously and brutally tortured and murdered. Is it real or is it a nightmare?
Style:
bleak, disturbing, suspense, rough, sadistic ...
Plot:
torture, nightmare, isolation, extreme violence, chainsaw, murder, violence, fictional reality, graphic violence, visceral, claustrophobia, voyeurism ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An anthology collection of short horror tales.
Style:
anthology, psychological horror, tension, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
macabre, obsession, shock, voyeurism, haunting, violence, photography, psychosis, body horror, supernatural, experimental narrative, claustrophobia ...
Place:
united kingdom, britain
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Serbia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Far away, in the desolate Serbian wilderness, a U.S.-led fracking crew uncover a dormant monster gestating inside a centuries-old French soldier. Now awakened and exposed in its most dangerously fragile state, it tears through the men on the grounds ...
Style:
independent film, intense, tense, grim, surreal ...
Plot:
body horror, monster, parasite, isolation, survival, visceral, graphic violence, violent, panic, supernatural, resurrection, confined ...
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A meltdown at a nuclear power plant turns a bunch of folks into lethal shambling flesh-eating zombies who go on a gory rampage.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, splatter, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
power plant, radiation, nuclear disaster, bloodbath, graphic violence, undead, body horror, infection, contamination, exploitation, mutant, apocalypse ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The film makers take the movie The Brain Wouldn't Die (1962) and wiped the audio clean and dubbed it over with a new, comedic soundtrack.
Style:
parody, spoof, horror comedy, retro, cult classic ...
Plot:
zombie, dark humor, satire, respect, mad scientist, body horror, midnight, reconstruction
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Bizarre and horrific events take place in the course of one night in an average motel.
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, mystical, tension ...
Plot:
motel, night, supernatural horror, hotel, paranormal, paranormal activity, mysticism, supernatural, haunted hotel, paranormal phenomena, violence, chaos ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Sketch comedy loosely organized around parodies of televsion genres.
Style:
sketch comedy, anthology, parody, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
split personality, psychiatry, mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, satire, zombie, television studio, identity crisis, dark humor, absurd humor, urban, female nudity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Office worker, Airi Shimazawa, was murdered by her adulterous lover, yet she woke up in the morning to find herself turned into a zombie. Although she was a zombie, she was conscious and could talk.
Style:
dread, captivating, tense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
zombie, revenge, female protagonist, murder, wedding, nudity, japanese woman, woman, female zombie, avenge, vengeance, women ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A competent lawyer is infatuated with his young caretaker and becomes consumed with desire and obsession after losing touch with reality.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, surreal, dark comedy, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, stalker, paranoia, threat, isolation, mental breakdown, obsessive love, character study, moral ambiguity, manipulation, caretaker ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A late-night boat ride turns into a desperate fight for survival in New York City when a mischievous mouse becomes a monstrous reality.
Style:
slasher horror, slasher, tense, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
mouse, boat, ferry, trapped, survival horror, animal attack, chaos, survival, panic, claustrophobia, cat and mouse, creature feature ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Italy, Morocco
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a mutating, highly contagious fungus escapes a sealed facility, two young employees – joined by a grizzled bioterror operative – must survive the wildest night shift ever to save humanity from extinction.
Style:
thrilling, tense, suspenseful, intense, dark ...
Plot:
survival, infection, biohazard, body horror, parasite, claustrophobia, pandemic, survival horror, isolation, nightmare, underground, military base ...
Place:
australia, kansas
Similarity:
38%
212
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A lawyer with a deplorable habit; a sitter struggling with her disturbing new job; a childhood friend who's hiding something; a chef with an unspeakable desire; a psychologist haunted by a tow truck... In each segment, a normal person suffers ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
satire, problem, bonding, lifestyle, paradox, multiple storylines, nightmare, surrealism, moral ambiguity, obsession, trauma, isolation ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror
Country: Turkey
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Internet network has spread into every home Dabbe, under the command of electromagnetic systems all over the world with demons and shadow assets were seized.
Style:
demonic, disturbing, creepy, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, possession, supernatural, paranormal, apocalypse, claustrophobia, family drama, internet, isolation, occult, survival, slow burn ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
This 59-minute feature was made for TV in Japan and is now being shopped around by Nikkatsu in advance of the film market in Cannes beginning in a few weeks. This feature was directed by Nakaizumi Yuya, supervised by original director Ueda and stars ...
Style:
psychotronic, humorous, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
zombie attack, walking dead, hollywood, zombie violence, undead, zombie outbreak, zombie survival, zombie apocalypse, death, survival, characters in danger, insanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
Story:
When Tom, Brad, Nancy, Quig, and Hal decide to leave the city and set up camp deep in the woods for a weekend of disconnecting from phones and social media, they become hunted by a pack of evil killers. They set out for a wild time far away from ...
Style:
horror comedy, slasher, cult horror, absurd, psychedelic ...
Plot:
forest, isolation, hunted, survival, chase, dark humor, backwoods, wilderness, violent, drug use, supernatural, weekend getaway ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The makers of this parody of "Night of the Living Dead" took George Romero's classic and wiped the soundtrack clean, then redubbed it with comedic dialogue.
Style:
parody, spoof, horror comedy, independent film, black comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
zombie, living dead, satire, irreverent, dark humor, deadpan, dialogue driven, cult, midnight
Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
One November evening a late night visitor to a shopping centre brings about a chain reaction of events that lead to a full scale invasion. Have the undead risen from the grave, or is it something far more sinister?
Style:
tension, independent film, suspense, horror comedy, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
zombie, shopping mall, fear, chaos, panic, survival, undead, urban, isolation, invasion, rape, heroism ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Real estate agent John Dante has a problem. He's stuck with a house he can't sell. Despite his best efforts, he can't seem to overcome the house's past and the macabre tales that precede it in this haunting anthology. In the ...
Style:
tense, anthology, semi serious, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, ghost, danger, haunted by the past, curses spells and rituals, dark humor, real estate, realtor, supernatural, psychosis, macabre, doom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of treasure hunters got lost in a fog bank and in the morning they notice what appears to be a deserted island. The group goes on shore and sure enough there are zombies running around.
Style:
suspense, tense, brutal, grim, tropical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
island, survival, undead, desert island, struggle for survival, danger, violence, shipwreck, fear, isolation, marooned, panic ...
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Beverly Hills teen (Billy Warlock) discovers his parents are part of a gruesome orgy cult for the social elite.
Style:
horror comedy, creepy, dark comedy, surreal, homoerotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
body horror, conspiracy, surrealism, secret society, dark humor, cannibalism, cheerleader, paranoia, transformation, satire, black magic, making love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills
Similarity:
32%
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