Movies like The Evil Dead
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The Evil Dead (1981)
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, dark, classic horror, cult classic, creepy, lovecraft ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night, manly, adult
Plot:
gory, zombie, evil dead, demonic possession, supernatural horror, nightmare, demon, monster, extreme violence, violence, sexualized violence, evil, dark humor, forest, characters killed one by one, rape, supernatural, satan, macabre, violent, survival horror, female nudity, cursed object, cabin in the woods, cosmic horror ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, michigan, tennessee, north america
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Most similar movies to The Evil Dead
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, scary, psychotronic and suspense films with plots about monster, blood, danger, supernatural, gore, gory and violence mostly in Horror, Thriller and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Evil Dead: Army of Darkness (1992), Braindead (1992), Demons (1985), Demons 2 (1986), Drag Me to Hell (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
82%
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:
100%
29K
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, satanic, perverse, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
demon, zombie, plague, body horror, gory, death, demonic possession, supernatural, panic, survival horror, danger, chaos ...
Time:
80s
Place:
west germany, europe, berlin germany, germany, italy ...
Similarity:
100%
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13K
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, perverse, scary, classic horror, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
haunted house, demon, witchery, elevator, gory, monster, supernatural, halloween, hardcore, plague, exploitation, virus ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hamburg germany, europe, italy, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
211K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
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:
bloody, scary, demonic, creepy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
gory, demon, demonic possession, supernatural, zombie, woods, violence, blood, extreme violence, black magic, characters killed one by one, cabin in the woods ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, India
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, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
horror for children, adult
Plot:
witch, demon, supernatural, evil wins, ghost, curses spells and rituals, supernatural horror, evil, dark humor, macabre, exorcism, legends and myths ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1969, 60s ...
Place:
los angeles, pasadena california
Similarity:
91%
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:
suspense, classic horror, grindhouse, scary, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, infection, zombie apocalypse, survival, cannibalism, zombie attack, basement, gory, monster, supernatural, post apocalypse ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, year 1967, 60s
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
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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:
gothic, scary, slasher, atmospheric, grindhouse ...
Plot:
zombie, medieval, undead, folk horror, morgue, lesbian interest, sexual attraction, desire, passion, bisexual, occult, rape ...
Time:
medieval times, 20th century, 70s, 13th century
Place:
portugal, spain, europe
Similarity:
100%
495K
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, demonic, classic horror, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
religion, demon, exorcism, priest, supernatural, devil, demonic possession, possession, occult, supernatural horror, exorcist, crisis of faith ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., persia, iraq, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, USA
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:
spooky, humorous, scary, horror comedy, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, evil dead, zombie, gory, chainsaw, demon, curses spells and rituals, deadly creature, graphic violence, violent, halloween, heroes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
78%
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:
body horror, zombie, living dead, self mutilation, body mutilation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, doomed love, father son relationship, military base, undead, corpse, back from the dead ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
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, bloody, mind bending, slasher, lovecraft ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
monster, creature, supernatural, woods, cabin in the woods, survival, trapped, cosmic horror, fear, zombie, death, werewolf ...
Time:
year 2012, 20th century, year 2000, year 2009, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
75%
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, cult horror, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mannequin, serial killer, psychopath, insanity, murder, psychic, fear, group of friends, masked man, chase, old dark house, blood ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 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, sexy, splatter, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
demon, nightclub, supernatural, hellraiser, vietnam war, reporter, gory, body horror, church, murder of a policewoman, terminator, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While conducting a seance during a Halloween party, high-school seniors unlock the demon that remains locked in the crematorium.
Style:
scary, gothic, demonic, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, demon, halloween, gory, demonic possession, killed during sex, dark humor, teenager, voyeur, supernatural, old dark house, halloween party ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
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, classic horror, creepy, dark, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, infection, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, chaos, epidemic, virus, living dead, siege, shopping mall, gory, isolation ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, bolivia, philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
80%
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, bloody, classic horror, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
murder, supernatural, supernatural horror, nightmare, fear, dream, serial killer, gory, sleep deprivation, teenager, nightmare comes true, high school ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
ohio, usa, canada
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Lutz family have managed to flee their home with their lives intact, but before them, another family lived in this house and were caught up in the original evil who weren't so lucky...
Style:
demonic, frightening, scary, suspense, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, incest, dysfunctional family, possession, demonic possession, demon, supernatural, occult, female nudity, sex, brother sister kiss, poltergeist ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
new york state, new york
Similarity:
100%
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, controversial, pastoral ...
Plot:
lsd, rape and revenge, rabies, hippie, satanist, exploitation, machete, zombie, counterculture, revenge, virus, occult ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
100%
687K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Style:
scary, suspense, spooky, horrifying, epic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
killer clown, clown, supernatural horror, coming of age, fear, small town, monster, evil clown, stephen king, villain, missing person, murderer ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, year 1988, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
maine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 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, scary, homoerotic, teen horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, scarecrow, demon, cheerleader, farm, creature, beast, monster, cornfield, deadly creature, cannibalism, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2003, near future
Similarity:
100%
153K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, ...
Style:
scary, gothic, frightening, sexy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
body horror, macabre, demon, supernatural horror, brutality, gory, human sacrifice, cursed object, surrealism, sadomasochism, sex horror, undead ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
100%
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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, cult classic, tense, splatter, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, living dead, virus, survival, violence, post apocalypse, mad scientist, gory, zombie attack, survival horror ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida, pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
100%
26K
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.
Style:
dark, slasher, atmospheric, cult classic, scary ...
Plot:
death, amateur detective, witch, haunted house, gory, supernatural, violent, murder, serial killer, eclipse, danger, riddles and clues ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
italy, rome italy, new york
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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:
cult classic, grindhouse, disturbing, gothic, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, island, virus, zombie outbreak, gory, survival horror, zombie attack, living dead, zombie apocalypse, boat, doctor, shark ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, 80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, caribbean, italy, fictional island ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Evil dream-demon Freddy Krueger devises a plan to manipulate the unstoppable Jason Vorhees into hacking up the teenagers of Elm Street in an effort to make people remember the name Freddy Krueger, thus freeing him from limbo.
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, bloody, sadistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, adult
Plot:
serial killer, blood, violence, masked man, gory, monster, two killers, nightmare on elm street, brutality, murder, serial teen killer, danger ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, year 1973, year 1957, 80s ...
Place:
ohio, new jersey, midwest
Similarity:
100%
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:
bloody, psychotronic, lovecraft, grindhouse, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, blood, gory, violent, murder, insanity, serial killer, ghost, vengeance, undead, dead body, babysitter ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, boston, new england
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, cannibalism, chainsaw, masked killer, murder, homicidal maniac, psychopath, danger, macabre, killer, maniac ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1973
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
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