20 best movies like The Gate (1987)

List of the best movies like The Gate (1987): The Hallow, The Mortuary Collection, Deathgasm, Krampus, She Never Died, R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls, Bad Milo, Stan Against Evil, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, My Babysitter's a Vampire.

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Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, fantasy
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
Duration01:45

    A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods.

    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: 6.3
    Genrehorror, comedy, music
    CountryNew Zealand, USA
    Duration02:01

      Two teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives.

      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: 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: 5.6
      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: 5.7
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:24

      A horror comedy centered on a guy who learns that his unusual stomach problems are being caused by a demon living in his intestines.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:00

      An aging police sheriff who has recently lost his position due to an angry outburst begrudgingly joins an alliance with new sheriff, Evie Barret to battle angry demons haunting their small New Hampshire town.

      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: 6
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
      CountryCanada

      Geeky 14-year old Ethan is left to babysit his younger sister, Jane, with his best friend Benny but after Ethan inadvertently puts Jane in harm's way, his parents hire a professional babysitter, the beautiful yet mysterious 17-year-old Sarah who, unbeknownst to them, is actually a fledgling vampire.

      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: 5.2
      Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

      Demon hunter, Jebediah Huntley teams up with an FBI agent to battle a supernatural force in the southern state of Mississippi.

      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: 8.1
        Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
        CountryIndia

        A young director listens to a hilariously scary story narrated by a stranger, where a group of ghosts try to save the only place they can haunt in peace.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy, short
        CountryAustralia

        A man discovers that he is part of a secret sect of magical beings who hunt down and destroy demons in the internet.

        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: 7.6
        Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
        CountrySweden, Denmark
        Duration01:44

        Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.

        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: 5
        Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
        CountryUSA

        A group of college students break into an abandoned convent and become possessed by demonic spirits.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, comedy
        CountryAustralia

        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.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:30

        A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley) is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie outbreak intensifies, they must swallow their pride and join forces on the blood-soaked battlefield in order to conquer the undead once and for all.

        Markimdb: 3
        Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Mickey, who happens to be a werewolf and a crime boss, gets all worked up and hairy during a private dance at a strip club. Justice, the dancer, grabs the nearest weapon and lands a fatal blow: her silver fountain pen right through Mickey's wolfed-out eye. This ignites a small-scale war between Mickey's group of werewolf mobsters and the sultry strippers of Vixens.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:29

        When tragedy rocks Blackfoot High, rebellious outsider Maddy Killian shocks the student body by joining the cheerleading squad. This decision drives a rift between Maddy and her ex-girlfriend Leena Miller — a loner who claims to practice the dark arts. After a confrontation with the football team, Maddy and her new cheerleader friends are sent on a supernatural roller coaster ride which leaves a path of destruction none of them may be able to escape. Remake of their own 2001 feature film.

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

        Seven female directors present seven short films.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
        CountryCanada

        Siblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord. Using a magical amulet, they force the monster to obey their childish whims, and accidentally attract a rogues’ gallery of intergalactic assassins to small-town suburbia.

        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: 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: 6.5
        Genrehorror, fantasy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

          Evil Dead, the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series, features Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety, heads to a remote cabin with a group of friends where the discovery of a Book of the Dead unwittingly summon up dormant demons which possess the youngsters one by one.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy
          CountryIndia

          Kaashmora, a present era black magic specialist; Rajnayak, an ancient era warlord and Ratnamahadevi is his queen. How these three are connected? What are the issues that arise?

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrehorror, comedy
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:00

          Amy and Raquel attempt to navigate their way through the choppy waters of their early twenties whilst simultaneously kicking the ass of some seriously gnarly demons. What could possibly go wrong?

          Markimdb: 3.1
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
          CountryUSA

          This follow-up to the George Romero/Stephen King-launched anthology series features five new tales of horror and a wraparound. The main stories deal with alternative realities ("Alice"), possessed communication devices ("The Radio"), vampires and serial killers in lust ("Call Girl"), mad inventors ("The Professor's Wife"), and hauntings from beyond the grave ("Haunted Dog").

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
          CountryRepublic of Ireland, Belgium, Finland, United Kingdom
          Duration01:56

          A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.

          Markimdb: 3.2
          Genrehorror, action, comedy
          CountryCanada
          Duration01:31

          When the world is taken over by flesh eating zombies, best friends Tommy and Edwin figure out a way to benefit from it by turning zombies into fertilizer for growing potent weed! There will be bud.

          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: 1.5
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
          CountryCanada
          Duration01:15

          When an oil company unwittingly unleashes a prehistoric shark from its icy prison, the Jurassic killer maroons a group of art thieves and a group of college students on an abandoned island

          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: 6.5
          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: 4.7
          Genrehorror, comedy, adventure
          CountryCanada
          Duration01:28

          A bunch of college kids accidentally unleash an evil curse that causes people to kill themselves and turn into Zombie Demons, aka ZEMONS!

          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: 4.4
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, comedy
            CountryJapan
            Duration01:21

            A band of ninja warriors, led by an Iga Ninja named Yamata, witness a giant ball of fire drop from the sky and crash into the forest. When the warriors find and attempt to identify the object, they discover aliens that attack and feast on them. Yamata and the survivors swear vengeance, but in challenging the aliens, they learn that their weapons have no effect.

            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: 5.3
            Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
            CountryCanada, USA
            Duration01:18

            Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an angel, so he became the giver of toys and happiness. But this year the bet is off, and Santa is about to return to his evil ways.

            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: 5.1
            Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, drama
            CountryGermany, Canada

            A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park, he begins to explore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf, who operates the camera. Meanwhile, Medea is still trying to finish Up with Dead People, the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. When Otto discovers that he has a wallet that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember details about his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met, with devastating results.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:21

            Love presents many challenges to couples...but none so daunting as the one Justin faces with his girlfriend April...

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:26

            Three best friends and dedicated roleplayers take to the woods to reenact a dungeons and dragons-like scenario as a live action role-playing game. Trouble arises when a prop spellbook purchased from the internet ends up being a genuine grimoire and they unwittingly conjure up a blood-lusting succubus from hell.

            Markimdb: 3.5
            Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:30

            Axe Giant - The Wrath of Paul Bunyon is a dark, contemporary take on the tall tale. Kids at a first-time offenders' boot camp discover the legend of lumberjack Paul Bunyan is real, but is much more horrifying than they could have imagined. They incur the wrath of the 15-foot monstrous giant, who was banished from town 100 years ago and thought dead.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
            CountrySpain, Italy

            The story revolves around a Basque Roman Catholic priest dedicated to committing as many sins as possible (Angulo), a death metal salesman from Carabanchel (Segura), and the Italian host of a TV show on the occult (De Razza). These go on a literal "trip" through Christmas-time Madrid to hunt for and prevent the reincarnation of the Antichrist.

            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: 2.3
            Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
            CountryTurkey

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