Movies Like Dark Tales of Japan
If you liked Dark Tales of Japan (2004), a horror and tv movie movie directed by Norio Tsuruta and Takashi Shimizu, 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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Extraordinary Tales (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorFive tales by Edgar Allan Poe come to life thanks to a pictorical style animation, five tales that exude madness, pestilence, murder and torture.
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Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth (1987)
★ 7.1/10Also horrorAkira Fudo is just a normal kid in Tokyo, until an old friend of his, Ryo, shows up and turns his world upside down. An upcoming war of demons on humanity is waiting in the wings, however, the only way for a human to…
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Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and tv movieTwo millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by…
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Dead of Night (1977)
★ 6/10Also horror and tv movieThis anthology tells three stories: a man buys a car that takes him back and forth through time; a tale of vampires; and a distraught mother asks for her drowned son to come back to life and gets more than she…
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The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movieWisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…
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Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorAkira Fudo, adjusting to his new powers as Devilman, is in for a heap of trouble as his newest enemies sent from the demon world are Jinmen, the sadistic tortoise with his victims' faces on his shell --including…
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Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorIn a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their…
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Nightbooks (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAlex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way…
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Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorJust one enchanted jewel stands between earth and an army of evil spirits led by the devious ghoul, Phears. With the help of his new girlfriend and ghost pals, Max Doyle races to find the crystal and save the world.
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Dead of Night (1945)
★ 7.2/10Also horrorAn architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.
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Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorTwo couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
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Ju-On: White Ghost (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorAn apparitions of a young schoolgirl in a yellow rain hat, a family massacre, and a law student's suicide after he fails his bar exam are linked by the ominous recordings discovered on an audio cassette.
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The Devil Rides Out (1968)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorThe powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend. Mocata has the knowledge and the power to summon the…
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Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
★ 6.8/10Also horrorWhen elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into…
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The Shed (2019)
★ 6/10Also horrorThe story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…
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Bio Hunter (1995)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorA strange virus known as the Demon Virus, attacks the human genetic code, transforming people into monsters with demonic powers. One particular monster is terrorizing the streets of Tokyo. ripping open young women to…
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Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Day of the Departed (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also tv movieWhen Cole returns to Yang's haunted temple to seek revenge on a former Airjitzu Master, he accidentally uses a powerful Dark Magic blade that unleashes the spectral forms of Ninjago's greatest villains and traps…
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Z (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorA family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorA concise adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" about Mr. Toad's motor mania, followed by a short retelling of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" concerning schoolmaster Ichabod Crane.
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Deadsight (2018)
★ 6/10Also horrorA man with partial blindness and a young pregnant police officer must work together to escape a deadly virus that has spread across Grey County.