Movies like The Lost Boys
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The Lost Boys (1987)
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 that they suspect of a few mysterious murders and restore peace and calm to their town.
Style:
black comedy, cult classic, gothic, horror comedy, scary, teen, sexy, surprise ending, teen horror, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teen drama, horror for children, adult
Plot:
vampire, small town, single mother, supernatural, amusement park, goth, teenage boy, vampire hunter, fear, coming of age, brother brother relationship, blood, supernatural power, home invasion, teen angst, motorcycle, lust, beach, initiation, child vampire, fight to the death, vampire slayer, teenage girl, bloodsucker, murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, england, texas, los angeles, australia, south africa ...
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Most similar movies to The Lost Boys
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspense, horror comedy and dark comedy films with plots about brutality, transformation, supernatural, blood, dialogue, violence and mentor mostly in Horror, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Lost Boys: Fright Night (1985), The Monster Squad (1987), Evil Dead II (1987), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Night of the Demons (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
92%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes - the Monster Squad are the ...
Style:
scary, horror comedy, exciting, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
werewolf, mummy, dracula, vampire, frankenstein's monster, supernatural, small town, childhood, halloween, frankenstein, friendship, young heroes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
transylvania, usa, california
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: 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%
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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:
83%
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:
75%
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:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A struggling vampire romance novelist must defend herself against real-life vampires during Christmas in Lake Tahoe.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, humorous, scary ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday horror, vampire, male victim, vampire bite, rescue, supernatural power, good versus evil, evil, supernatural, fear, xmas ...
Place:
usa, romania, california, london, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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49K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
Style:
road movie, dark, cult classic, gothic, creepy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, femme fatale, violence, hitchhiker, farm, bloodsucker, truck, goth, motel, father son relationship, brother sister relationship, immortality ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, nebraska, austin texas, usa ...
Similarity:
67%
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:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The sequel to the 1987 cult hit The Lost Boys takes us to the shady surf city of Luna Bay, California, where vampires quickly dispatch anyone who crosses their path. Into this dark world arrive Chris Emerson (Hilgenbrink) and his younger sister, ...
Style:
teen, stylized, suspenseful, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, surfing, vampire hunter, supernatural, chase, mind control, amateur detective, party, murder, gang, danger, heroes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
75%
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:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A vampire hunter in southern California discovers that his son has been murdered by a gang of the undead and thus goes on a quest for revenge.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, scary, slasher, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vampire, bloodsucker, supernatural, vampire hunter, vengeance, vampire sex, gang, vigilantism, brutality, murder, satire, sexual attraction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.
Style:
parody, horror comedy, humorous, bloody, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
zombie, vampire, nerd, small town, high school, alien, supernatural, dark humor, alien invasion, humanity, monster, social issues ...
Time:
year 2016, 18th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
67%
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:
75%
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:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 90s, future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
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:
75%
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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: 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%
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:
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, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage seeking their favorite food: brains!
Style:
black comedy, parody, independent film, dark comedy, spoof ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, nudity, cannibalism, punk, monster, female nudity, crematorium, undead, living dead, zombie apocalypse, paramedic ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
louisville kentucky, usa, san diego california, kentucky
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a "cat from hell" who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses ...
Style:
anthology, scary, suspenseful, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
witch, transformation, stephen king, hitman, mummy, gargoyle, macabre, child in peril, revenge, murder, witchery, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A nomadic recluse living on the fringes of society reconsiders his bloodthirsty legacy when a teenage girl shows up claiming to be his daughter.
Style:
dark comedy
Plot:
father daughter relationship, abusive husband, road trip, teenage vampire, teenage girl, single parent, identity crisis, orphan, holocaust survivor, female vampire, being followed, support group ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
nebraska, california, texas, kansas, oklahoma
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Backlot Murders is a campy horror film starring Jaime Anstead, Priscilla Barnes, Charles Fleischer and Corey Haim. A killer in an Elvis mask murders the cast and crew of a rock band video shoot.
Style:
slasher, horror comedy, thrilling, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
punk, hard rock, rock, satire, problem, musician, rock music, dog, filmmaking, rock band, rock and roll, serial killer ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Spoof of 1960's Beach Party/Gidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films. A not-so-innocent girl in 1960's Malibu becomes the first girl surfer at Malibu Beach, only she suffers from dissociative identity disorder and occasionally ...
Style:
sexy, spoof, slasher, parody, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
beach, camp, surfer, surfing, voyeur, dark humor, serial killer, murder, single mother, female nudity, revenge, friends ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 80s
Place:
malibu california, italy, europe, florence
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Miriam and John are an elegant couple with a dark secret: they are vampires. Feeding on human blood, Miriam has lived for over 2000 years. She gave her lover the gift of eternal life and together they hunt. But John begins aging rapidly, he seeks ...
Style:
gothic, dark, sexy, atmospheric, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
vampire, goth, femme fatale, lgbtq, sexy female vampire, sex, lesbian sex, bloodsucker, sexual content, lesbian vampire, dracula, lesbian ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
new york, 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:
15%
25K
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:
15%
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