Movies Like Embrace of the Vampire

If you liked Embrace of the Vampire (2013), a horror movie directed by Carl Bessai, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Vampyres (1974)
★ 6/10Also horror
A duo of bisexual female vampires prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce and murder in the English countryside.
2
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the…
3
Saint Catherine (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
An orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her.
4
Play Dead (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
5
Two Witches (2023)
★ 6/10Also horror
A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.
6
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal. Few believe the young woman’s lurid stories aside from the thrill-seeking Dr…
7
Hellraiser (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
8
Nightmare Cinema (2018)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious…
9
The Dogs (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
After fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.
10
Daylight's End (2016)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station…
11
Cheat (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also horror
On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek…
12
Books of Blood (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
13
Azrael (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
In a world where no one speaks, a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the…
14
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
★ 7.4/10Also horror
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive…
15
Southbound (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family…
16
Ginger Snaps (2000)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously…
17
Vampires (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
18
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
19
Martin (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also horror
A young man, convinced he's a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvanian town, where he tries to suppress his bloodlust.
20
Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.