20 best movies like Fright Night (1985)


List of the best movies like Fright Night (1985): Big Bad Wolf, Victor Crowley, House at the End of the Street, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, The Final Girls, The Wind, Fright Night 2: New Blood, I Am Not a Serial Killer, The Night Watchmen.

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Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy
CountryUSA

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 13, and travels with four classmates and his friend Sam to spend the weekend having a party with booze and sex. However, they are attacked by a Beast that kills his friends in a sadistic way. Sam and Derek survive, and they suspect that his stepfather, Mitchell Toblat, is a werewolf. When Charlie meets Derek and Sam, they decide to collect evidence to prove that Mitchell is the Beast and kill him, but Mitchell discovers their plot and chases the trio.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:07

Ten years after the events of the original movie, Victor Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and proceeds to kill once more.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:37

A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from over.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

Supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket and blue jeans.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, Canada, Mexico
Duration01:36

Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Sarah and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:51

    A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, western, detective
    CountryUSA

    A supernatural thriller set in the Western frontier of the late 1800s, The Wind stars Caitlin Gerard as a plains-woman driven mad by the harshness and isolation of the untamed land.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
    CountryUSA, Romania
    Duration01:40

    By day Gerri Dandridge is a sexy professor, but by night she transforms into a real-life vampire with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. When a group of high school students travel abroad to study in Romania, they find themselves ensnared in her chilling web of lust and terror. Charlie and 'Evil' Ed must stop Gerri from drinking and bathing in the blood of a 'new moon virgin', who just so happens to be Charlie’s ex-girlfriend.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:46

    Fifteen-year old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by rigid rules to keep himself “good” and “normal”. However, when a real monster shows up in his town he has to let his dark side out in order to stop it – but without his rules to keep him in check, he might be more dangerous than the monster he’s trying to kill.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, action, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    Three inept night watchmen, aided by a young rookie and a fearless tabloid journalist, fight an epic battle to save their lives. A mistaken warehouse delivery unleashes a horde of hungry vampires, and these unlikely heroes must not only save themselves but also stop the scourge that threatens to take over the city of Baltimore.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy, detective
    CountryUSA, Mexico
    Duration01:44

    When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin spreading from the faculty to the students' bodies, it's ultimately up to the few who are left – an unlikely collection of loners, leaders, nerds and jocks – to save the world from alien domination.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, Romania, USA
    Duration01:23

    Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA

    Seven female directors present seven short films.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom

    A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering Father and Son, must survive the night when they accidentally awaken an ancient Irish vampire.

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy
    CountryUSA

    Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water again, you can’t even get across the sand! BLOOD BEACH meets SPRING BREAKERS in an ace monster mash-up of smart nostalgia and up-to-the-minute visual effects. After an all-night graduation beach party, a group of hung-over students wake up under blazing sun to find their numbers somewhat depleted. An enormous alien creature has burrowed down deep and anyone foolish enough to make contact with the sand finds themselves at the mercy of a sea of flesh-eating tentacles. Will they ever be able to escape its carnivorous clutches?

    Markimdb: 3.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Six young adults struggle with their personal demons while staying at a secluded mansion during a dark and stormy night where a seemingly innocent game of 'taboo' brings out their inter-most secrets which soon leads to murder.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:30

    Four teenaged lads set off to get laid in order to stay alive. However, the boys have to attract the girls first in order to complete their mission. Otherwise, they will be hunted and killed by a vicious Werewolf which only seems interested in Virgins.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:37

    Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of community members are buried.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy
    CountryCanada, USA, Germany

    Creatures, bound by the blood of the wolf, that can kill with curses and move at lightening speed, watching the night sky for the rise of the blood-red crescent moon. They are SKINWALKERS. They feed on our flesh and thirst for the taste of human blood. The red moon signals each pack, divided by principles, hell bent to survive an ancient prophecy.

    Markimdb: 3.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
    CountryRussia, USA
    Duration01:30

    A group of young people stuck in the small Texas town of Fossil Ridge have to fight for their lives against dinosaurs that have been reanimated by a local scientist.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:40

    A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryGermany, USA
    Duration01:37

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    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 playground has a kernel of truth after all.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA

    In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last, but the young girl's world is unhinged when she discovers that the final story... is her own.

    Markimdb: 3.3
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryCanada, USA

    A killer stalks and terrorizes a group of sorority girls on a college campus.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

      Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonlight transformation, leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      A dog turns from man's best friend into man's worst nightmare as he attacks everything that moves.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrehorror, action, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      A rogue police detective in search of his parents' killer is murdered and reborn the ultimate killer.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA

      Fresh out of rehab, a young woman moves back in with her parents and sister, and soon becomes involved in a mystery that has left people in her town paralyzed.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:23

      A Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      A serial killer returns to his hometown to stalk seven children who share the same birthday as the date he was allegedly put to rest.

      Markimdb: 2.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure, western
      CountryUSA

      After an accidental explosion at a local mine, dinosaurs emerge from the rubble to terrorize a small western town. Now, a group of gunslingers must defend their home if anyone is going to survive in a battle of cowboys versus dinosaurs.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom

      A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off of people like them in order to remain immortal. Doctor Sleep is a sequel to Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining". Doctor Sleep is set several decades after the events of the first "Shining".

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Germany
      Duration01:45

      An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
      CountryUSA, China, Japan
      Duration01:56

      Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:22

      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 only ones daring to stand in their way.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

      Markimdb: 3.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:07

      A mother and her young son release unimaginable horrors from the attic of their rural dream home.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      Vampires have just made themselves public! Now a group of documentarians have been granted access to spend some time with them and learn how they live and coexist with humans. But as reality sets in, the crew realize they are in for far more than they bargained for.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:33

        In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:44

          Rose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a mortal, royal vampire Princess - have been on the run when they are captured and returned to St. Vladamirs Academy, the very place where they believe their lives may be in most jeopardy. Rose will sacrifice everything to protect Lissa from those who intend to exploit her from within the Academy walls and the Strigoi (immortal, evil vampires) who hunt her kind from outside its sanctuary.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
          CountryUSA

          Emerson Graham's nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to defeat a force of evil. The meter is running.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:58

            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.

            Markimdb: 5.9
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
            CountryCanada, France
            Duration01:37

            A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:28

            After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around every corner and nightmares coming to life, they are forced to come face to face with their darkest fears to put an end to the mystery of THE HOLE.

            Markimdb: 4.8
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:40

            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.

            Markimdb: 4.4
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
            CountryUSA

            Restless spirits stir this Hollow's Eve, beckoning Ian Cranston, the last blood relative of Ichabod Crane, back to Sleepy Hollow. Thundering hooves unleash a wave of bone-chilling screams as the ghost of the Headless Horseman rides again! Ian must try to save the town and his girlfriend, Karen and determine whether the sword-wielding stalker is their clownish classmate, Brody in costume, or the dark rider himself. If it's truly the Headless Horseman... how do you kill what's already dead?

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration01:43

            A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration00:59

            The sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.




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