20 best movies like Otto; or, Up with Dead People (2008)

List of the best movies like Otto; or, Up with Dead People (2008): She Never Died, Digging Up the Marrow, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, We Are the Night, Clown, Mockingbird Lane, The Final Girls, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, The Returned, Once Bitten.

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Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
CountryCanada

Lacey, a socially detached loner is cursed with immortality and a never-ending tedium of existence. In her attempts to keep her compulsions in check, she seeks out the darkest souls humanity has to offer. Lacey must now face her own inner demons while simultaneously finding her next meal.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:29

A documentary filmmaker turns his lens on an enigmatic conspiracy theorist who claims he's found the entrance to a vast underground city populated entirely by monsters.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration01:34

40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, fantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryGermany
Duration01:41

One night, 18 year old Lena is bitten by Louise, leader of a female vampire trio that are as deadly as they are beautiful. Her newfound vampiric lifestyle is a blessing and a curse at the same time. At first, she enjoys the limitless freedom, the luxury, the parties. But soon the murderous blood lust of her comrades in arms proves too much for her, and she falls dangerously in love with Tom, a young undercover cop. When she resolves to turn her back on the bloodsucking band of sisters, Louise fury knows no bounds. Lena will have to choose between immortal love and immortal life.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:40

A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration00:40

Settling into their new home—the rambling Victorian mansion at 1313 Mockingbird Lane— the Munster are quickly onto the mission at hand: to gently ease sweet little Eddie into the reality of his werewolf adolescence. The loving, supportive, run-of-the-mill family includes his mom Lily, the daughter of Dracula, his dad Herman, who brings new meaning to "Frankenstein," and Grandpa! Of course, there's creepy cousin Marilyn, who's really the odd one because she's so completely normal.

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: 5.1
    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: 5.9
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime
    CountrySpain, Canada

    In a post-zombie world, where the infected live normal lives, their retroviral drug is running out.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    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 finds Mark, she turns his life upside-down.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama
    CountryCanada, USA

    The story of a heartbroken man who attends a spiritual retreat, only to discover that the course releases more than everyday toxins and traumatic experiences.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner, Sara get a call one night from mansion owner, Edward Gracey wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion a butler takes them to dine with Gracey. Gracey takes one look at Sara and he thinks she's his lost lover.

    Markimdb: 3.9
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, drama
    CountryCanada

    The widow, Deputy Sheriff Jane Kozik, moves from Manhattan to Black Stone, New York, with her daughter Kelsey Kozik. There she expects to find a safe place to live. The day after moving, a homeless man is found dead in the tool shed of Jane's blind friend Beverly Rowe. Devin Hall and the entomologist Katherine Randell are summoned to help with the investigation. Devin is Jane's brother-in-law and former boyfriend, and Jane still has a crush on him. Meanwhile, Kelsey befriends the scientist Eli Giles, who has developed genetically modified wasps to the army as a weapon, and now he is trying to revert the process. When the wasps attack Black Stone, Jane, Devin and Eli team-up to attempt to destroy the swarm.

    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: 5.4
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      When the villagers killed Constantin Tirescu, they thought it was justice. Vlad Cozma thinks it was murder. Now, Constantin thinks pickles might go nice with blood.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:30

      A horror comedy based on the ancient legend about a pagan creature who punishes children on Christmas.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:31

      In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration01:37

      Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

      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: 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: 3.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, drama
      CountryGermany, Canada, USA

      In Guesta Verde University, the deranged Professor Curien is trying to bring back the dead, killing students for the experiment. There is an outbreak of zombies in the campus, and the government sends a NSA medical research team, formed by Dr. Alexandra Morgan a.k.a. Nightingale and lieutenant Ellis, with a special force leaded by lieutenant Dalton, trying to get the zero sample from the first generation zombie. The team has a very short time to accomplish their mission and leave the place before missiles are sent to destroy the area. However, the place is crowded of hyper sapiens and the group has to fight to survive.

      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: 6.2
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        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 a bizarre killing and promises never to tell what he saw and the "in-between" bit is the story of a woman preparing to cook her newspaper boy for supper.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
        CountryFrance, Angola
        Duration01:22

        In the California desert, the adventures of a telepathic killer-tire, mysteriously attracted by a very pretty girl, as witnessed by incredulous onlookers.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
        Duration01:58

          Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret. They were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:13

          A timid and reclusive 18-year-old high school student is alienated by her parents and ruthlessly rejected by her peers. Desperate and isolated, she confides in her own reflection — and in the mirror she finds her imagined evil twin, someone who supports her, encourages her and knows all her secret desires. When the “girls” trade places, repressed sexuality and a ferocious violence erupt with a dangerous sense of freedom.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy
          CountryUSA, New Zealand, Canada, Israel, Japan, Nigeria
          Duration02:05

          Taking all that was great from the first installment, ABCs OF DEATH 2 aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

          Markimdb: 4.4
          Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA, Canada

          An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountryFrance, Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium
          Duration01:55

          A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
          CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
          Duration02:02

          Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:40

          Maximillian, the lone survivor of a race of vampires, comes to Brooklyn in search of a way to live past the next full moon. His ticket to survival is Rita, a NYPD detective who doesn't know she's half vampire -- and Maximillian will do whatever's necessary to put her under his spell.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountrySouth Korea
          Duration01:50

          A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, detective
          CountryUSA

          Opting to sleep in the allegedly-haunted guest house while spending a weekend in the Hamptons with friends, Ruth, a lonely young woman in her mid-twenties who's had too much to drink, strikes up a conversation that leads to a sexual encounter with Michael, a burlap-draped ghost that casually appears before her. Through this inter-paranormal relation, Ruth contracts an STD with alarming effects.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration00:32

          Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrehorror, action, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
          Duration01:40

          Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, including Vlad's son, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire Dracula.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy
          CountryNew Zealand
          Duration01:39

          When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration01:52

          An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.

          Markimdb: 4.1
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryCanada

          Set on a tropical island in Thailand, the strange plight of a beleaguered chef who, while romancing a mysterious woman, discovers the diabolical Zen of cooking. Following a near death escape, he returns to Montreal and falls hard for the woman of his life who unfortunately craves only his cooking but not his loving. Worse still, strange things surfacing around him indicate that his journey to the Far East has deep, divine implications. The stage is set for him to take the 1st bite of true love and end the cycle of suffering for all involved.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

          In this rock opera hybrid of Phantom of the Opera and Faust, fledgling singer-songwriter Winslow Leach finds himself double-crossed by the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both his music and the girl Leach wants to sing it, Phoenix, for the grand opening of his rock palace, The Paradise. After Swan sends Leach to prison for trespassing, Leach endures a freak accident which leaves him disfigured and plans his revenge on both Swan and The Paradise, becoming the Phantom of the Paradise.

          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
          CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
          Duration01:17

          A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his, er, appetite for his beloved.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
          CountryChina
          Duration02:01

          At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi decided to retire and move to the United States with his girlfriend Shirley. But before his wedding, Bayi discovers his first love Ding Shitian, who supposedly had died in the "One Hundred Cave" 20 years ago, is actually still alive. Together with Shirley and his old exploration partner, Bayi unravels a terrible millennium-old secret...

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:36

          Lucy Chadman (Shelley Long) chokes to death and is resurrected by her loopy sister Zelda (Judith Ivey) on the one year anniversary of her death. Lucy, of course, does not believe she has actually been dead and thinks it is an elaborate hoax until she goes to her apartment and discovers her husband (Corbin Bernsen) married to her gold digging best friend, Kim (Sela Ward).

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:23

          A police officer and her two companions battle an evil genius with diabolical plans to destroy the world. Whoever can find the three sacred jewels can anticipate total power.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:55

          A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, detective
          CountryUSA, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
          Duration01:58

            Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
            CountryUSA, Australia
            Duration01:41

            Lestat de Lioncourt is awakened from his slumber. Bored with his existence, he has now become this generation's new Rock God. While in the course of time, another has arisen, Akasha, the Queen of the Vampires and the Dammed. He wants immortal fame, his fellow vampires want him eternally dead for his betrayal, and the Queen wants him for her King. Who will be the first to reach him? Who shall win?

            Markimdb: 8.1
            Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
            CountryGermany
            Duration01:25

            God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.




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