Movies like Fright Night 1985
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Fright Night (1985)
87K
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 (Roddy McDowall), famed for portraying a ghoul hunter. Unfortunately for the would-be vampire slayers, Dandrige has set his sights on Charley's girlfriend (Amanda Bearse) in this clever spoof of the horror genre.
Style:
scary, cult classic, horror comedy, dark comedy, teen horror, surprise ending, sexy, slasher, creepy, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, blood, supernatural horror, supernatural, monster, transformation, bloodsucker, vampire hunter, teenager, teenage protagonist, dracula, werewolf, love, teenage girl, single mother, teenage boy, suspicion, washed up star, mysterious character, neighbor, vampire bite, violent, gory, halloween, faith ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
iowa, los angeles, usa
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Most similar movies to Fright Night
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, splatter, weird and suspense films with plots about monster, supernatural, brutality, adaptation, gory, transformation and blood mostly in Horror, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Fright Night: The Lost Boys (1987), Once Bitten (1985), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Howling (1981), Ginger Snaps (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actress and her entourage move into Peter Vincent's apartment block, ...
Style:
dark comedy, scary, slasher, splatter, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
monster, vampire, female vampire, sexy female vampire, supernatural, revenge, transformation, college, hallucination, race against time, showdown, rescue ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
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:
92%
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:
100%
119K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician in this remake of the 1985 comedy-horror classic.
Style:
horror comedy, gothic, dark, bloody, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, vampire hunter, blood, transformation, suspicion, monster, outcast, vampirism, love, murder, celebrity, violence ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, new jersey
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
When Dracula leaves the captive Jonathan Harker and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Harker -- the spitting image of Dracula's long-dead wife, Elisabeta -- obsessed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing sets out to end the madness.
Style:
gothic, scary, gothic horror, dark fantasy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, monster, goth, dangerous attraction, dracula, victorian england, legends and myths, bloodsucker, death, blood, vampire bite ...
Time:
middle ages, victorian era, 90s, 15th century, 1800s ...
Place:
london, transylvania, england, britain, ottoman empire ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Style:
scary, gothic, cult classic, creepy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, serial killer, transformation, psychiatrist, macabre, shapeshifting, creature feature, group therapy, outdoor sex, murder, supernatural, lost in the woods ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds ...
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, dark comedy, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
werewolf, coming of age, halloween, blood, teenager, transformation, gory, goth, full moon, dark humor, goth girl, high school ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
united kingdom, canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
100%
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%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive ...
Style:
bloody, grindhouse, sexy, entertaining, offbeat ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vampire, hostage, violent, brothers, gory, blood, priest, stripper, bloodsucker, pervert, desert, holy water ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
mexico, texas, austin texas, midwest, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted ...
Style:
scary, bloody, gothic, atmospheric, horrifying ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, winter, small town, survival, snow, gory, blood, monster, supernatural, bloodsucker, blizzard, zombie ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, oceania, 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:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only ...
Style:
slasher, scary, homoerotic, creepy, retro ...
Audience:
date night, teen fantasy, teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural horror, gay, gay subtext, homoeroticism, homoerotic friendship, nightmare on elm street, high school, serial killer, monster, revenge, gory, gay bar ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
usa, midwest, ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A commitment-shy New York fashion model moves into an old brownstone apartment, meets her weird neighbours and discovers she’s sitting on the gateway to Hell.
Style:
scary, creepy, gothic, suspense, satanic ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, devil, secret society, model, occult, investigation, supernatural horror, murder, hell, demon ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, italy, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader-- her goal is to "marry Christian Slater and die" and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been ...
Style:
dark comedy, teen, humorous, horror comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
high school, vampire, cheerleader, cheerleading, supernatural, chosen one, good versus evil, teenage girl, reincarnation, high school student, female protagonist, blonde girl ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, southern california, europe
Similarity:
100%
37K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults, who, after being mauled by the beast, learn they must kill their attacker if they hope to change their fate to avoid becoming werewolves too.
Style:
horror comedy, scary, teen horror, teen, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, violence, curse, bullying, female werewolf, male nudity, transformation, shapeshifter, gory, creature feature, monster ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mulholland drive
Similarity:
100%
68K
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
Style:
scary, bloody, cult classic, gothic, splatter ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, vampire hunter, vengeance, death, gory, vampire slayer, bloodsucker, female vampire, vampire bite, transformation, violence ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new mexico, mexico
Similarity:
67%
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%
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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:
slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, halloween, stephen king, death in the family, resurrection, burial, bully, small town, vengeance, chase, gory, back from the dead ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa, new england
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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:
80s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, period piece, splatter, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
vampire, president, supernatural, undead, violence, vampire hunter, american civil war, revenge, brutality, tough heroes, head of state, blood ...
Time:
19th century, year 2012, 1810s, year 2000, victorian era ...
Place:
indiana, washington d.c., seattle, usa, new orleans ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A supernatural TV is mistakenly delivered to a suburban family instead of a research lab. After the family mysteriously turn up dead, a new family moves in and finds the TV hidden in the basement. Soon they discover the TV is actually a gateway for ...
Style:
psychotronic, horror comedy, classic horror, cult horror, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, supernatural, television, newspaper, mirror, brother sister relationship, sex with a maid, woman in jeopardy, woman strangled to death, technology, monster, living dead ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
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:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who can draw others into her dreams, wills her special ability to her friend Alice. Alice ...
Style:
slasher, scary, spooky, surreal, classic horror ...
Audience:
date night, teen fantasy, teens, adult
Plot:
nightmare on elm street, supernatural, body horror, high school, cheerleader, asthma, serial killer, murder, characters murdered one by one, teenage girl, male victim, haunted house ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1991
Place:
ohio, usa, midwest
Similarity:
100%
438K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, date night
Plot:
serial killer, high school, teenager, psychopath, maniac, small town, masked killer, murder, woman in danger, teenage life, brutality, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Wealthy slacker college student Mark, his new girlfriend Sarah, and their friends are invited to a special showing at a mysterious wax museum which displays 18 of the most evil men of all time. After his ex-girlfriend and another friend disappear, ...
Style:
cult classic, scary, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, transformation, wax museum, museum, occult, evil dead, characters killed one by one, time travel, female vampire, portal, haunted house, deadly creature ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands, Luxembourg, USA, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.
Style:
gothic, black comedy, suspenseful, cute, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, transformation, dark humor, female werewolf, supernatural, curse, full moon, femme fatale, cemetery, animal attack, rescue, lust ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 80s
Place:
paris france, new york, france, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
gothic, parody, humorous, black comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witch, inheritance, witchcraft, goth, magic, demon, hostess, female protagonist, halloween, small town, good versus evil, big breasts ...
Time:
80s
Place:
las vegas, new england, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
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