Movies Like It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
If you liked It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987), a horror movie directed by Larry Cohen, 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.
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It's Alive (1974)
★ 6/10Also horrorThe Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever scared. And it's easily scared.
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The New Mutants (2020)
★ 6/10Also horrorFive young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.
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Eraserhead (1977)
★ 7.3/10Also horrorFirst-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
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Extinction (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorAnd suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorAs the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who…
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Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorYears after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.
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Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
★ 6/10Also horrorThe Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition…
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Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorWhen twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorOnce the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil…
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Halloween (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorThe early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois.
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also horrorDr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
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A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
★ 6/10Also horrorAnthropologist Joe Weber takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot, unaware of its vampire population. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they seek Weber to write a bible for them.
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Come Play (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorOliver, a lonely autistic boy, seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy's devices against him, his parents must fight to save their son from the monster…
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Never Let Go (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAs an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.
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The Brood (1979)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorA man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalised wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
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Resident Evil (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorWhen a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain…
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Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorWhen their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat – and may not survive.
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The Stakelander (2016)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorWhen his home of New Eden is destroyed by a revitalized Brotherhood and its new Vamp leader, Martin finds himself alone in the badlands of America with only the distant memory of his mentor and legendary vampire…
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Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorDetermined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her “safely” behind sacred glass and enlisting a…
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Land of the Dead (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorThe living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.