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City of the Living Dead (1980)
21K
Original name: Paura nella città dei morti viventi
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young woman has visions that suggest the eruption of the living dead into the world through a portal, spurred on by the suicide of a priest.
Style:
scary, bloody, disturbing, splatter, cult classic, grindhouse, atmospheric, gothic, creepy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, gory, suicide, violent, curse, extreme violence, buried alive, darkness, living dead, small town, ouija, apocalypse, monster, investigation, undead, psychic power, rescue, danger, zombie apocalypse, race against time, supernatural horror, exploitation, reporter, clergy, epidemic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place:
usa, new england, new york, manhattan new york city, georgia, savannah georgia
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Most similar movies to City of the Living Dead
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, suspenseful, scary and suspense films with plots about supernatural, blood, gore, danger, murder, zombie and death mostly in Horror, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like City of the Living Dead: The Beyond (1981), Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979), The House by the Cemetery (1981), Baron Blood (1972), The Church (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where after a series of supernatural 'accidents', she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, gothic, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
violent, supernatural horror, blindness, gory, darkness, ghost, afterlife, hell, zombie attack, murder, haunted house, surrealism ...
Time:
80s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
louisiana, italy, usa, new orleans
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:
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:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Professor Ayres discovers a secret in an ancient stone and when he opens a crypt, he revives zombies that kill him. He had invited three couples to visit him in his manor to reveal his discovery. However, they never get around to meeting the ...
Style:
sexy, scary, stylized, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, crypt, survival horror, evil wins, cannibalism, gory, supernatural, mad scientist, blood, exploitation, body horror, violence ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
southern italy, europe, italy
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
afterlife, witch, castle, curse, torture chamber, supernatural, hanging, auction, murder, investigation, haunted by the past, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
15th century, year 1972, 70s
Place:
austria, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In medieval Europe, crusading knights massacre a village full of suspected devil worshipers and build a large Gothic church above the cursed remains. It is now present day, and this elaborate cathedral still stands. But when its sealed crypt is ...
Style:
satanic, atmospheric, creepy, gothic, demonic ...
Plot:
devil, supernatural, public nudity, church, ghost, attempted rape, female nudity, witch, folk horror, occult, witchcraft, monster ...
Time:
medieval times, 13th century, middle ages, 70s
Place:
germany, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An archaelogist opens an Egyptian tomb and accidently releases an evil spirit. His young daughter becomes possessed by the freed enity and, upon arrival back in New York, the gory murders begin.
Style:
slasher, suspense, scary, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural horror, curse, ghost, evil child, folk horror, bird attack, paranormal, occult, psychic, ancient egypt, psychic power ...
Time:
80s
Place:
egypt, africa, usa, middle east, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Bannion senses that something horribly evil lurks within the walls of the age-old institution.
Style:
suspense, creepy, scary, gothic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
witch, murder, boarding school, coven, black magic, gory, supernatural, ballet school, witchery, spell, killer, darkness ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy, west germany
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An American photographer (Mimsy Farmer) and a Scotland Yard inspector (David Warbeck) suspect a man's (Patrick Magee) cat of murder.
Style:
gothic, demonic, slasher, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, murder, mysterious character, mind game, uncover truth, dangerous animal, supernatural ability, danger, edgar allan poe, animal life ...
Time:
year 2016, 80s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
100%
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%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A tough female reporter and her cameraman boyfriend team up with a four-man commando unit in the New Guinea jungle whom are fighting flesh-eating zombies. NB: Not to be confused with the 1981 American-made film with the same title.
Style:
grindhouse, suspense, scary, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, gory, zombie apocalypse, female nudity, virus, zombie child, bare breasts, infection, pandemic, zombie violence, zombification, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, year 1979
Place:
papua new guinea, barcelona, europe, italy, spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary, satanic ...
Plot:
witch, witchcraft, curse, curses spells and rituals, haunted house, investigation, vengeance, haunted by the past, urban legend, danger, magic, haunted ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, new england
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%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to ...
Style:
slasher, disturbing, intense, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rat, drifter, stephen king, supernatural, creature, gory, eaten alive, twists and turns, dangerous animal, deadly creature, rescue, uncover truth ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
maine, usa, new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and her mysterious new friend, an enigmatic figure known as Alucarda. Demonic possession, ...
Style:
satanic, gothic horror, suspenseful, scary, serious ...
Plot:
convent, nunsploitation, female monster, hysteria, curses spells and rituals, occult, telekinesis, religious fanaticism, erotica, evil nun, male nudity, nun ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 1800s, year 1865
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:
67%
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: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After Malukan immigrants engage in a string of corpse mutilations at various New York City hospitals, a doctor and a morgue assistant travel to the Maluku Islands to investigate.
Style:
scary, grindhouse, atmospheric, harsh, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, mad scientist, cannibal, supernatural, nudity, torture, island, jungle, gory, sadism, female nudity, corpse ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, vietnam, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of tourists become stranded on an uninhabited island where they are stalked by an insane, violent, and grotesque killer that slaughtered the town's former residents.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, disturbing, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, gory, cannibal, blood, cannibalism, island, extreme, survival, danger, isolation, mysterious character, supernatural ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
europe, athens greece, greece
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.
Style:
scary, creepy, cult classic, sexy, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, living dead, post apocalypse, virus, zombie apocalypse, survival, infected, zombie outbreak, blood, zombie attack, terror ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, future, year 2000, year 2003 ...
Place:
usa, midwest, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, ...
Style:
bloody, frightening, medical horror, slasher, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
demon, hell, gory, hellraiser, cursed object, violent, monster, maze, body horror, doctor, puzzle, psychiatric hospital ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
england, europe, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
44K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a mysterious arsenal of terrible weapons with him.
Style:
scary, cult classic, disturbing, harsh, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gory, tall man, twists and turns, cemetery, funeral, small town, supernatural, mausoleum, hearse, murder, adaptation, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978, 80s
Place:
usa, southern california, california, oregon
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror
Country: Ireland, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two sisters find an ancient book that gives birth to bloodthirsty demons that run amok in a Los Angeles apartment building and thrusts them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Style:
suspenseful, mystical, psychological, slasher, lovecraft ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
sister sister relationship, demon, supernatural horror, evil, sibling relationship, demonic possession, chainsaw, elevator, evil smile, blood, apartment building, female protagonist ...
Time:
2020s, labor day
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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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:
50%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An uncredited adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Lurking Fear." After a violent thunderstorm, mutilated bodies are found at a Louisiana campground. Investigative reporter Clint Harrison uncovers a dark local legend about the ...
Style:
lovecraft, slasher, independent film
Plot:
cosmic horror, monster, journalist, camp, reporter, feral man, camping, news report, news reporter, lightning, abandoned house, woods ...
Place:
louisiana
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: 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: 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:
26%
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries. The husband is a chemical engineer, and the smells from his experiments (and the ...
Style:
lovecraft, retro, gothic, detective, creepy ...
Plot:
cosmic horror, cthulhu, monster, private detective, supernatural, occult, supernatural horror, undead, atmosphere, macabre, good guys win, creature ...
Time:
90s, year 2016
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Style:
bloody, disturbing, scary, splatter, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
halloween, gory, violent, violence, macabre, urban legend, killer clown, dark humor, hitchhiker, brutality, psychopath, evil wins ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
26%
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