Movies like Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
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Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
24K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When her great aunt dies famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight new England town to Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house a witches cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream queens ample assets all hell busts out & breaks loose.
Style:
gothic, parody, humorous, black comedy, sexy, light, horror comedy, spoof, erotic, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witch, inheritance, witchcraft, goth, magic, demon, hostess, female protagonist, halloween, small town, good versus evil, big breasts, culture clash, warlock, love story, supernatural ability, nothing goes right, destiny, magical ring, sexual humor, sexually liberated, adaptation, fish out of water, goofy hero, supernatural ...
Time:
80s
Place:
las vegas, usa, new england, massachusetts
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Most similar movies to Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out horror comedy, humorous, funny and scary films with plots about supernatural, dialogue, mentor, halloween, death, storytelling and transformation mostly in Comedy, Horror and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Elvira: Mistress of the Dark: Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001), Death Becomes Her (1992), The Love Witch (2016), The Addams Family (1991), Jennifer's Body (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The setting is Carpathia. The year is 1851. When Elvira gets kicked out of an Inn for a slight monetary discrepancy, she is rescued by a local who takes her to stay at the castle in the hills high above the village. The fact that she happens to ...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, witty, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sex, castle, ghost, mad scientist, supernatural, disorder, master and servant, supernatural ability, danger, cliche, curses spells and rituals, hypnosis ...
Time:
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Place:
romania, paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to ...
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, gothic, clever, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
dark humor, immortality, love triangle, obsession, magic, death, fountain of youth, afterlife, satire, rejuvenation, zombie, potion ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992, year 1978, year 1985 ...
Place:
california, persia, beverly hills, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of ...
Style:
sexy, retro, black comedy, period piece, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
witchcraft, witch, spell, manipulative woman, magic, love potion, love, sex scene, burlesque, looking for love, painting, feminist ...
Time:
victorian era, 2010s, 70s
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years. An evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Addams Family's money. The youngest daughter has some doubts about the new uncle Fester, but the fake uncle adapts very ...
Style:
gothic, black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, horror for children, teen drama ...
Plot:
goth, halloween, dark humor, childhood, eccentric family, supernatural ability, fantasy world, husband wife relationship, family relations, uncle, supernatural, witch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
Style:
sexy, horror comedy, dark comedy, demonic, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen fantasy, girls' night, adult
Plot:
high school, teenager, supernatural, bad girl, succubus, cheerleading, satanic ritual, demon, lgbtq, teenage girl, seductress, dark humor ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, indiana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, horror comedy, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
mad scientist, castle, frankenstein, monster, experiment, satire, frankenstein's monster, farce, laboratory, hunchback, sex scene, blindness ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1974, near future ...
Place:
transylvania, arizona, europe, usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
Style:
sexy, dark comedy, gothic, horror comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
witch, small town, magic, witchcraft, black magic, devil, supernatural, dark humor, supernatural ability, twists and turns, fantasy world, deal with the devil ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new england, rhode island, england
Similarity:
67%
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.
Style:
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%
Movie in collections
293K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, humorous, black comedy, gothic horror ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
vampire, witch, eccentric family, immortality, dark humor, witchcraft, curse, vengeance, lost love, old mansion, supernatural, werewolf ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2000, 20th century, 70s, 19th century ...
Place:
new england, usa, liverpool, england, maine ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save ...
Style:
parody, scary, humorous, satirical, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
old dark house, vampire, supernatural, haunted house, nothing goes right, monster, book, transformation, curse, little boy, satire, danger ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Another spoof of the Scream/I Know What You Did Last Summer horror gene involving a group of popular high school students stalked by a bumbling masked killer while a dogged reporter named Hagitha Utslay covers the story and of the plight of the ...
Style:
parody, spoof, sexy, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual humor, dark humor, murder, serial killer, high school life, youth, teenage life, who done it, danger, disorder, law enforcement, high school ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
It's been some time since Father Jebedaiah Mayii exorcised the Devil from little Nancy Aglet, who is now grown up with a husband and two children of her own. But the prince of darkness wants to go a second round and has returned to repossess ...
Style:
parody, spoof, demonic, humorous, satirical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
priest, exorcism, exorcist, supernatural, clergy, housewife, television studio, disorder, mistaken identity, fish out of water, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Time:
year 1990, 90s, 80s, year 1973, 70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Dr. van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the count.
Style:
parody, funny, spoof, horror comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, dracula, farce, satire, vampire bite, stupidity, sexy female vampire, insane asylum, goofy hero, hypnosis, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1890s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
transylvania, europe, england, romania, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Nobody believes teenager Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) when he discovers that his suave new neighbor, Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon), is a vampire. So when the bloodsucker starts stalking Charley, he turns to has-been actor Peter Vincent ...
Style:
scary, cult classic, horror comedy, dark comedy, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, blood, supernatural horror, supernatural, monster, transformation, bloodsucker, vampire hunter, teenager, teenage protagonist, dracula, werewolf ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
iowa, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
195K
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Members of an exclusive college sorority (where sadomasochism seems to rule the day) seek twisted new ways to humiliate a new pledge named Leslie Perkins, who they feel will never, ever fit in since she's something of a nerd and a prude. ...
Style:
sex comedy, erotic, raunchy, independent film, horror comedy ...
Plot:
devil, witch, college, humiliation, witchcraft, female rivalry, transformation, female protagonist, seduction, college life, sexual tension, bullying ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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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 ...
Style:
gothic, black comedy, cult classic, sexy, creepy ...
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, male nudity, insanity, erotica, prostitute, grave digger, graphic violence, living dead, death, violent, undead ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Larry Abbot, speaker in the radio horror shows of Manhattan Mystery Theater wants to marry. For the marriage he takes his fiancée home to the castle where he grew up among his eccentric relatives. His uncle decides that he needs to be cured from a ...
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, absurd, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, dysfunctional family, farce, radio, dialogue, couples, family relations, nothing goes right, love and romance, disorder, family problems ...
Time:
80s, 1930s
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A spoof of all the "found-footage/documentary style" films released in recent years.
Style:
parody, spoof, satirical, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, stupidity, domestic disturbance, danger, found footage, satire, brutality, nothing goes right, disorder, imaginary, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1988, year 2012, year 2013, 80s, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Movie in collections
318K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Following on the heels of popular teen-scream horror movies, with uproarious comedy and biting satire. Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Shannon Elizabeth and Carmen Electra pitch in to skewer some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including Scream, ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, slasher, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, youth, dark humor, sarcasm, stupidity, gross out humor, graphic violence, creativity, adolescence, serial killer, sex scene ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
172K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it us up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, scary, mystical, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
witch, halloween, magic, supernatural, teenage life, childhood, witchcraft, halloween party, children, sisters, vengeance, resurrection ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, 18th century, 17th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, salem massachusetts, new england
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The janitor at a local high school is actually the scout for a coven of Satanists on the lookout for a virgin to sacrifice. One day he kidnaps the cheerleading squad to use for their rituals. However, unbeknownst to the devil-worshipers, one of the ...
Style:
satanic, psychotronic, slasher, detective, spoof ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleading, cheerleader, witch, occult, witchcraft, kidnapping, coven, supernatural, bare breasts, female nudity, teenage witch, teenage girl ...
Similarity:
100%
176K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it upon themselves to hunt down the vampires ...
Style:
black comedy, cult classic, gothic, horror comedy, scary ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
vampire, small town, single mother, supernatural, amusement park, goth, teenage boy, vampire hunter, fear, coming of age, brother brother relationship, blood ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, wisconsin, pacific ocean, georgia ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
Style:
funny, horror comedy, scary, slasher, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, dark humor, supernatural, apocalypse, toxic waste, infected, youth, gory, plague, night of the living dead, epidemic, blood ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker ...
Style:
parody, cult classic, sexy, homoerotic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lgbtq, mad scientist, gay interest, transvestite, gay, gender, homosexual, castle, rock and roll, wedding, surrealism, dance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
transylvania, ohio
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own youthful appearance, and when she ...
Style:
sexy, teen, melancholic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
vampire, halloween, aging, transformation, female vampire, virginity, supernatural, femme fatale, nude painting, teenage girl, nightmare, blood ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
50%
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