Movies Like House of the Living Dead
If you liked House of the Living Dead (1974), a science fiction and horror movie directed by Ray Austin, 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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Island of Terror (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fictionWhen a small island community becomes overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters that liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures, the community struggles to fight back.
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The Haunting (1963)
★ 7.1/10Also horrorDr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced…
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The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and science fictionBaron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
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The Asphyx (1972)
★ 6/10Also horror and science fictionHugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is…
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The Creeping Flesh (1973)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fictionA Victorian scientist returns to London with his paleontological bag-of-bones discovery from Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, when exposed to water, flesh returns to the bones, unleashing a malevolent entity on the…
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The Last House (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and science fictionA family suddenly sealed inside their home must work together to survive against dwindling resources and the ominous threat keeping them trapped.
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The Cellar (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorWhen Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk…
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Blood of the Vampire (1958)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and science fictionA man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl, the 'anemic' Mad Scientist, believed to be a…
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The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fictionOnce hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in…
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Phase IV (1974)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fictionArizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
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Return of the Fly (1959)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fictionFifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. However, their experiments have…
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undertone (2026)
★ 6/10Also horrorThe host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
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The Blob (1958)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fictionA drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to…
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Twice-Told Tales (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a…
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House on Haunted Hill (1959)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorFrederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a…
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The Blob (1988)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and science fictionIn Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.
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The End of Oak Street (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also science fictionAfter a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they…
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Good Boy (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also horrorA loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he…
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Underwater (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fictionAfter an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
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The Tingler (1959)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and science fictionA pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed…