Movies like The Dead Don't Die
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The Dead Don't Die (2019)
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert must band together to defeat the undead.
Style:
scary, funny, intense, psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, bloody, dark, absurd ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
zombie, epidemic, police officer, female humanoid alien, flying saucer, small town, police station, zombie attack, decapitation, recluse, diner, dark humor, supernatural, fear, insanity, on the run, human nature, brutality, isolation, apocalypse, small town life, virus, zombie apocalypse, monster, post apocalypse ...
Place:
pennsylvania
Most similar movies to The Dead Don't Die
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out splatter, cult film, scary and humorous films with plots about violence, dialogue, blood, monster, transformation, brutality and deadly mostly in Horror, Comedy and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Dead Don't Die: Freaks of Nature (2015), 28 Weeks Later (2007), Return of the Living Dead II (1988), Cooties (2014), Land of the Dead (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
funny, parody, humorous, semi serious, scary ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
zombie, vampire, apocalypse, small town, high school, nerd, alien, supernatural, monster, alien invasion, humanity, save the day ...
Time:
80s, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%

Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to ...
Style:
scary, tense, rough, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, survival, virus, end of the world, post apocalypse, infected, deadly virus, zombie apocalypse, chaos, suspense, chaos and mayhem, infection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
Style:
funny, splatter, scary, slasher, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, supernatural, apocalypse, living dead, monster, dark humor, undead, virus, stripper, toxic waste, catastrophe, mentor ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
27K

Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.
Style:
scary, humorous, bloody, ridiculous, funny ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
zombie, teacher, dark humor, virus, zombie apocalypse, murder, survival, apocalypse, school, supernatural, childhood, youth ...
Time:
80s, 2010s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the ...
Style:
scary, exciting, suspenseful, rough, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, zombie attack, apocalypse, suspense, virus, violence, future dystopia, cannibalism, zombie outbreak, survival ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 90s, year 1995
Place:
pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
scary, splatter, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, monster, undead, punk, cannibalism, female nudity, crematorium, supernatural, paramedic, zombie attack, transformation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
usa, san diego california, kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
14K

Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A quaint Australian fishing village is overcome by meteorites that turn its residents into the ravenous undead, leaving a small group of those unharmed to find a way out.
Style:
scary, humorous, suspenseful, atmospheric, ironic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, zombie, survival, small town, zombie attack, dark humor, alien, save the world, isolation, monster, cult ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
28K

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:
scary, slasher, psychological, splatter, humorous ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, zombie, vietnam war, monster, supernatural, missing person, house, happy ending, writers, cult, paranormal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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84K

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Style:
scary, entertaining, funny, splatter, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien, monster, parasite, suspense, zombie, alien invasion, dark humor, zombie attack, mutant, small town, macabre, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
south carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%

Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
With Prom only hours away, the usual suspects of Cosa High (Cheerleaders, geeks, bad boys and the happy-go-lucky student council alike) are preoccupied with the annual rituals of teendom. On the night of the big dance when the dead unexpectedly rise ...
Style:
scary, humorous, bloody, parody, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, high school, supernatural, apocalypse, virus, prom, dark humor, cheerleader, violence, survival, transformation, small town ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand, South Korea
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A genetic engineering experiment gone horribly awry turns a large flock of docile sheep into unrelenting killing machines in this rural horror comedy directed by Jonathan King and featuring special effects designed by Weta Workshop.
Style:
scary, humorous, funny, satirical, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
zombie, sheep, bestiality, creature feature, monster, transformation, deadly creature, experiment gone awry, antidote, eaten alive, murder, countryside ...
Place:
new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two girls from the Valley wake up to find that a passing comet has eradicated their world and left behind a mysterious red-dust and a pack of cannibal mutants. With the help of a friendly truck driver, the girls save the earth from a villainous ...
Style:
scary, parody, suspenseful, apocalyptic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, end of the world, disaster, survival, mad scientist, teenager, sister sister relationship, zombie attack, cheerleading, cult, chaos ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
169K

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, splatter, slasher, bloody, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, demon, monster, cult, dark humor, zombie, curses spells and rituals, time travel, macabre, halloween, apocalypse, survival ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1987, 14th century
Place:
michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%

Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.
Style:
scary, tense, apocalyptic, satirical, bad ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, found footage, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, death, chase, filmmaker, chaos, transformation, supernatural, violence, virus ...
Time:
2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%

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:
scary, slasher, campy, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
monster, legends and myths, supernatural, deadly creature, murder, suspense, vengeance, violence, chase, irish, brutality, family in danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
north dakota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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:
scary, humorous, atmospheric, bloody, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
zombie, supernatural romance, death, transformation, life & death, macabre, brutality, couples, youth, couple relations, life turned upside down, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
11K

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:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, feel good, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, obsession, investigation, hair loss, baseball, murder, stalking, supernatural, woman in danger, body horror, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%

Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, France, USA
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:
parody, humorous, funny, atmospheric, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, dark humor, zombie apocalypse, cult, zombie attack, pub, supernatural, zombie violence, zombie outbreak, satire, misfit, slacker ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, britain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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 ...
Style:
campy, humorous, parody, feel good, queer horror ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
satire, monster, praying mantis, rain forest, cocoon, dysfunctional family, insect, jungle, nude, male nudity, ecology, addiction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
wisconsin, ohio, usa, rio de janeiro
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
17K

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Weird yummy goo erupts from the earth and is discovered by a couple of miners. They taste it and decide to market it because it tastes so good. The American public literally eats up the new dessert sensation now known as the Stuff but, ...
Style:
slasher, campy, satirical, absurd, suspenseful ...
Plot:
zombie, addiction, monster, cult, transformation, advertising, conspiracy, discovery, campaign, rivalry, mutation, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, virus, suspense, survival, epidemic, supernatural, deadly virus, small town, zombie apocalypse, insanity, fear, monster ...
Place:
canada, ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, absurd, not serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
invasion, twists and turns, alternate reality, dark humor, alternate universe, buddies, save the world, parallel universe, dog, drugs, fictional reality, adaptation ...
Place:
usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%

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:
vampire, haunted house, supernatural, farce, monster, transformation, satire, eccentric family, nothing goes right, escapades, curse, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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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:
slasher, humorous, scary, funny, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, supernatural, macabre, high school, suspense, youth, ghost, murder, dark humor, teenager, weed, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
50K

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bloody, splatter, campy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
monster, zombie, cult, death, murder, halloween, torture, dark humor, transformation, brutality, multiple storylines, voodoo ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future, 19th century, 1830s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, suspenseful, tense, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, suspense, zombie, monster, macabre, ghost, murder, evil, videotaping, violence, alien abduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
Style:
splatter, scary, slasher, bloody, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, mad scientist, hospital, experiment, insanity, overdose, reanimated corpse, female nudity, scientist, laboratory, mad doctor, morgue ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
zurich switzerland, massachusetts, austria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Aliens, who look like clowns, arrive on Earth to capture and harvest people in order to use them as sustenance.
Style:
scary, parody, humorous, campy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
clown, alien, monster, alien invasion, killer clown, cult, evil clown, ufo, evil alien, survival, heroic mission, save the world ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by ...
Style:
scary, splatter, atmospheric, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, mad scientist, insanity, prison, afterlife, dark humor, survival, laboratory, monster, experiment, convict, doctor ...
Time:
80s
Place:
massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
37K

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
Style:
scary, humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, monster, small town, space, alien invasion, creature, alien monster, space and aliens, evil alien, cult, chaos, misfit ...
Time:
80s
Place:
kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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