Movies like Meet the Applegates
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Meet the Applegates (1990)
3K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Giant preying mantis living in a south American jungle decide to move into suburban USA. Disguised as humans, the mantis are planning something.. Could it be connected to dad's job in the power station perhaps ?. One day the daughter mantis forgets WHAT she really is when she's with her boyfriend.. oops. Written by s jones
Style:
black comedy, cult classic, independent film, humorous, dark comedy, surprise ending, dark, queer horror, offbeat, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
satire, interspecies sex, marijuana, housewife, praying mantis, cocoon, rain forest, insect, dysfunctional family, monster, jungle, addiction, ecology, male nudity, creature, rape, undercover, cockroach, captive, husband wife relationship, nuclear power plant, disguise, exterminator, environmentalism, lynch mob ...
Time:
90s, 1950s
Place:
wisconsin, ohio, usa, rio de janeiro
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Most similar movies to Meet the Applegates
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out horror comedy, humorous, dark comedy and psychotronic films with plots about dark humor, death, screaming woman, violence, blood, bare chested male and murder mostly in Comedy, Horror and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Meet the Applegates: Coneheads (1993), 976-EVIL (1988), Night of the Creeps (1986), Idle Hands (1999), House (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
62K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from ...
Style:
funny, humorous, absurd, light, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
fish out of water, satire, alien, outer space, humanity, benign alien, family life, parents and children, space and aliens, interspecies romance, transformation, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, future
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
People who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers. When Spike dialed 976-EVIL, he knew it was an expensive toll call, but he didn't know that he'd have to pay for it with his soul.
Style:
slasher, homoerotic, scary, satanic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, dark humor, vengeance, high school, misfit, bullying, occult, obsession, revenge, social misfits, danger, teenage life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1988
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that ...
Style:
cult classic, cult horror, grindhouse, horror comedy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, violence, zombie, dark humor, police, supernatural, parasite, fraternity, macabre, monster, gory, survival ...
Time:
80s, 50s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place:
california
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44%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's ...
Style:
humorous, slasher, scary, suspense, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
halloween, supernatural, stoner, high school, dark humor, macabre, ghost, youth, murder, phone sex, drug use, strangulation ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
utah
Similarity:
43%
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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:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A normal, average guy who lives in New York City becomes dependent on an evil, disembodied brain.
Style:
bloody, splatter, surreal, cult classic, scary ...
Plot:
body horror, dark humor, addiction, hallucination, drug abuse, parasite, gory, creature, monster, exploitation, slime, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This horror story involves a woman hiding out with four pastel colored poodles in a desert gas station with the loot from a heist while her boy friend does prison time. A meteorite crashes near the station transforming the woman into an alien being ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, scary, dark comedy ...
Plot:
desert, space and aliens, dark humor, nun, male to female cross dressing, female nudity, prison, deadly creature, mutant, sex with alien, monster, gay ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A horrific Leprechaun goes on a rampage after his precious bag of gold coins is stolen. He uses all of his magical destructive powers to trick, terrorize and kill anyone who is unlucky enough to hinder his relentless search. In a frantic attempt to ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, horror comedy, scary, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
legends and myths, supernatural, monster, deadly creature, holiday horror, murder, leprechaun, dark humor, violence, vengeance, black magic, chase ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
north dakota, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenager (Adam Arkin) becomes a werewolf after a family vacation in Transylvania.
Style:
scary, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, high school, cheerleader, teenager, female werewolf, american football, supernatural, young lovers, supernatural ability, danger, youth, teenage life ...
Time:
year 1981
Place:
transylvania, romania, europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Serial killer Countess Elizabeth Bathory believed that bathing in virgin blood would keep her young and beautiful forever. Still alive today, she's found a perfect hunting ground for her "botox" as an abstinence educator in ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, humorous, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, high school, curses spells and rituals, eternal youth, closeted homosexual, dark humor, woman in danger, danger, journalism, time travel, teenager, sacrifice ...
Time:
16th century, 21st century
Similarity:
41%
281
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An unimpressive, boring high-school geek is bitten and contracts vampirical symptoms, transforming him into a confident coolio.
Style:
humorous, scary, suspense, freeze frame, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, cheerleader, male nudity, high school, teenager, teenage boy, transformation, supernatural power, friend, revenge, dark humor, rivalry ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
41%
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:
41%
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:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A student receives a serial killer's brain in a transplant after being thrown into a pool with no water in it
Style:
scary, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, high school, halloween, brain transplant, dark humor, laboratory, social misfits, disorder, mentally challenged, mad scientist, supernatural, deadly creature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A family's new satellite TV system starts receiving signals from another planet, and soon it becomes the passageway to an alien world.
Style:
horror comedy, cult horror, psychotronic, scary, slasher ...
Plot:
voyeur, television, absurd humor, brother sister relationship, creature feature, ufo, body horror, exploitation, alien invasion, satellite, punk, creature ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
39%
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:
39%
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:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, semi serious, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night
Plot:
air traffic controller, nuclear waste, levitation, supernatural, vengeance, paraplegic, dinner, maid, beach house, marital reconciliation, possessiveness, jealousy ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends.
Style:
slasher, bloody, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot:
taxi, voyeur, serial killer, horniness, bare chested male, fetishist, male masturbation, stalker, mental disorder, teenager, driver, hysteria ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
france, europe, usa, new york, cannes
Similarity:
39%
14K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three tales are told, each one increasingly terrifying. The first tells the story of a woman being stalked by an axe-weilding maniac. The second is the story of a man who pays the ultimate price for a beautiful head of hair. The final tale shows ...
Style:
anthology, medical horror, slasher, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, violent sex, investigation, obsession, hair loss, baseball, murder, gory, danger, stalking, supernatural ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Director Mickey Rose's zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather (played by Jerry Belson), who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's ...
Style:
parody, slasher, humorous, not serious, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleading, high school, serial killer, murder, cheerleader, psychopath, gory, dark humor, sex doll, fetishist, american football, investigation ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following his forced retirement from an appalling rock band, Jason decides to vacation at Brittlehouse Manor, a health farm run by the leather-gloved, ex-Nazi scientist Dr. Storm. Along the way, Jason meets Judy, also on her way to Brittlehouse ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, scary, medical horror, classic horror ...
Plot:
mad doctor, mad scientist, surgery, gay slur, homophobic slur, mind control, survival, hospital, experiment gone awry, danger, violence, laboratory ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A horror comedy centered on a guy who learns that his unusual stomach problems are being caused by a demon living in his intestines.
Style:
horror comedy, suspenseful, not serious, humorous, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
body horror, creature, losing-it hero, dark humor, life turned upside down, danger, deadly creature, disorder, breaking point, revenge, split personality, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Movie in collections
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:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole world turns upside down...
Style:
horror comedy, scary, black comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
zombie, dark humor, couples, young lovers, death, life & death, dying repeatedly, couple relations, supernatural romance, transformation, living dead, female zombie ...
Time:
year 2014, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, britain, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
38%
451
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Journey into the mind of the undead, as a talking mummy guides us on grand tour of the timeless "battle of the sexes" between man and woman. A cult classic from Executive Producer Richard Gordon, BIZARRE is an offbeat anthology film that ...
Style:
anthology, suspense, rough, scary, humorous ...
Plot:
mummy, blackmail, fetish, orgy, sexploitation, sex, torture, battle of the sexes, attempted rape, bondage, husband wife relationship, strong female character ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, disturbing, claymation, dark ...
Plot:
absurdism, dark humor, nothing goes right, suicide, surrealism, guesthouse, family life, parents and children, resort, murder, zombie, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In Cameron, a group of hunters is attacked by a wild animal, and Charlie Cowley survives, but sees his brother Scott dying. Seven years later, his teenage nephew Derek Cowley steals the key of his stepfather's cabin in the isolated Fire Road ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, dangerous animal, supernatural, lycanthropy, serial killer, deadly creature, stalking, voyeur, stepfather stepson relationship, rape victim, outdoor sex, violent woman ...
Place:
europe, london, england, africa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A newlywed couple is terrorized by a consumer drone that has become sentient with the consciousness of a deranged serial killer.
Style:
rough, suspense, suspenseful, scary, independent film ...
Plot:
police detective, voyeurism, robot, serial killer, investigation, drone, captive, seductive woman, stalking, hidden camera, obsession, murder ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A humanoid alien lands on earth, and soon discovers he likes to eat Italian. Italian people, that is. Incompetent detective McSorely is the only one with a clue about what's going on, and even his grasp of the situation isn't too firm. The ...
Style:
detective, independent film, dark comedy, slapstick, spoof ...
Plot:
alien, ufo, exploitation, cannibalism, farce, police, female police officer, coworker relationship, silent man, european in usa, mute character, killer on the loose ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
37%
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